diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 8f3235f2..0cb65e7e 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -41,3 +41,8 @@ options:
     default: 600
     type: int
     description: Interval between revocation checks to keystone.
+  use-syslog:
+    type: boolean
+    default: False
+    description: |
+      If set to True, supporting services will log to syslog.
diff --git a/hooks/hooks.py b/hooks/hooks.py
index 3f125f0d..9073a252 100755
--- a/hooks/hooks.py
+++ b/hooks/hooks.py
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ def emit_cephconf():
         'auth_supported': get_auth() or 'none',
         'mon_hosts': ' '.join(get_mon_hosts()),
         'hostname': get_unit_hostname(),
-        'version': ceph.get_ceph_version('radosgw')
+        'version': ceph.get_ceph_version('radosgw'),
+        'use_syslog': str(config('use-syslog')).lower()
     }
 
     # Check to ensure that correct version of ceph is
diff --git a/revision b/revision
index 7273c0fa..6f4247a6 100644
--- a/revision
+++ b/revision
@@ -1 +1 @@
-25
+26
diff --git a/templates/ceph.conf b/templates/ceph.conf
index b71c20f4..14f088f7 100644
--- a/templates/ceph.conf
+++ b/templates/ceph.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
  auth client required = {{ auth_supported }}
 {% endif %}
  mon host = {{ mon_hosts }}
+ log to syslog = {{ use_syslog }}
+ err to syslog = {{ use_syslog }}
+ clog to syslog = {{ use_syslog }}
 
 [client.radosgw.gateway]
  host = {{ hostname }}