diff --git a/puppet-manifests/src/hieradata/controller.yaml b/puppet-manifests/src/hieradata/controller.yaml
index b3e4feb712..3fe7214417 100644
--- a/puppet-manifests/src/hieradata/controller.yaml
+++ b/puppet-manifests/src/hieradata/controller.yaml
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ nova::network::neutron::default_floating_pool: 'public'
 
 nova_api_proxy::config::enabled: false
 nova_api_proxy::config::eventlet_pool_size: 256
+nova_api_proxy::config::use_syslog: true
+nova_api_proxy::config::log_facility: 'local5'
+
 
 # this will trigger simple_setup for cell_v2
 nova::db::sync_api::cellv2_setup: true
diff --git a/puppet-modules-wrs/puppet-nova_api_proxy/src/nova_api_proxy/manifests/config.pp b/puppet-modules-wrs/puppet-nova_api_proxy/src/nova_api_proxy/manifests/config.pp
index 5aec4e2580..ca5fbe5b7b 100644
--- a/puppet-modules-wrs/puppet-nova_api_proxy/src/nova_api_proxy/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/puppet-modules-wrs/puppet-nova_api_proxy/src/nova_api_proxy/manifests/config.pp
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ class nova_api_proxy::config (
   $user_domain_name          = 'Default',
   $project_domain_name       = 'Default',
   $eventlet_pool_size        = 128,
+  $use_syslog                = false,
+  $log_facility              = 'LOG_USER',
+  $use_stderr                = false,
+  $log_file                  = 'nova-api-proxy.log',
+  $log_dir                   = '/var/log/nova',
 ) {
 
   # SSL Options
@@ -78,6 +83,20 @@ class nova_api_proxy::config (
     }
   }
 
+  if $use_syslog {
+    proxy_config {
+      'DEFAULT/use_syslog':           value => true;
+      'DEFAULT/syslog_log_facility':  value => $log_facility;
+    }
+  } else {
+    proxy_config {
+      'DEFAULT/use_syslog':           value => false;
+      'DEFAULT/use_stderr':           value => false;
+      'DEFAULT/log_file'  :           value => $log_file;
+      'DEFAULT/log_dir'   :           value => $log_dir;
+    }
+  }
+
   if $auth_uri {
     $auth_uri_real = $auth_uri
   } else {