diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 654eb88..6adafb2 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -110,3 +110,8 @@ options:
     description: |
       Key ID to import to the apt keyring to support use with arbitary source
       configuration from outside of Launchpad archives or PPA's.
+  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 82fb332..11e1cab 100755
--- a/hooks/hooks.py
+++ b/hooks/hooks.py
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ def emit_cephconf():
         'mon_hosts': ' '.join(get_mon_hosts()),
         'fsid': config('fsid'),
         'version': ceph.get_ceph_version(),
-        'osd_journal_size': config('osd-journal-size')
+        'osd_journal_size': config('osd-journal-size'),
+        'use_syslog': str(config('use-syslog')).lower()
     }
     # Install ceph.conf as an alternative to support
     # co-existence with other charms that write this file
diff --git a/revision b/revision
index b16e5f7..ffda4e7 100644
--- a/revision
+++ b/revision
@@ -1 +1 @@
-104
+105
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/ceph.conf b/templates/ceph.conf
index 107beec..d82ca82 100644
--- a/templates/ceph.conf
+++ b/templates/ceph.conf
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
  keyring = /etc/ceph/$cluster.$name.keyring
  mon host = {{ mon_hosts }}
  fsid = {{ fsid }}
+ log to syslog = {{ use_syslog }}
+ err to syslog = {{ use_syslog }}
+ clog to syslog = {{ use_syslog }}
+ mon cluster log to syslog = {{ use_syslog }}
 
 [mon]
  keyring = /var/lib/ceph/mon/$cluster-$id/keyring