diff --git a/integration/container_log_test.go b/integration/container_log_test.go
index 4f62298aa..27f6dbce2 100644
--- a/integration/container_log_test.go
+++ b/integration/container_log_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,66 @@ import (
 	runtime "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/cri/runtime/v1alpha2"
 )
 
+func TestContainerLogWithoutTailingNewLine(t *testing.T) {
+	testPodLogDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("/tmp", "container-log-without-tailing-newline")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(testPodLogDir)
+
+	t.Log("Create a sandbox with log directory")
+	sbConfig := PodSandboxConfig("sandbox", "container-log-without-tailing-newline",
+		WithPodLogDirectory(testPodLogDir),
+	)
+	sb, err := runtimeService.RunPodSandbox(sbConfig, *runtimeHandler)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() {
+		assert.NoError(t, runtimeService.StopPodSandbox(sb))
+		assert.NoError(t, runtimeService.RemovePodSandbox(sb))
+	}()
+
+	const (
+		testImage     = "busybox"
+		containerName = "test-container"
+	)
+	t.Logf("Pull test image %q", testImage)
+	img, err := imageService.PullImage(&runtime.ImageSpec{Image: testImage}, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() {
+		assert.NoError(t, imageService.RemoveImage(&runtime.ImageSpec{Image: img}))
+	}()
+
+	t.Log("Create a container with log path")
+	cnConfig := ContainerConfig(
+		containerName,
+		testImage,
+		WithCommand("sh", "-c", "printf abcd"),
+		WithLogPath(containerName),
+	)
+	cn, err := runtimeService.CreateContainer(sb, cnConfig, sbConfig)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	t.Log("Start the container")
+	require.NoError(t, runtimeService.StartContainer(cn))
+
+	t.Log("Wait for container to finish running")
+	require.NoError(t, Eventually(func() (bool, error) {
+		s, err := runtimeService.ContainerStatus(cn)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		if s.GetState() == runtime.ContainerState_CONTAINER_EXITED {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	}, time.Second, 30*time.Second))
+
+	t.Log("Check container log")
+	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(testPodLogDir, containerName))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	checkContainerLog(t, string(content), []string{
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s", runtime.Stdout, runtime.LogTagPartial, "abcd"),
+	})
+}
+
 func TestLongContainerLog(t *testing.T) {
 	testPodLogDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("/tmp", "long-container-log")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -66,9 +126,9 @@ func TestLongContainerLog(t *testing.T) {
 	longLineCmd := fmt.Sprintf("i=0; while [ $i -lt %d ]; do printf %s; i=$((i+1)); done", maxSize+1, "c")
 	cnConfig := ContainerConfig(
 		containerName,
-		"busybox",
+		testImage,
 		WithCommand("sh", "-c",
-			fmt.Sprintf("%s; echo; %s; echo; %s", shortLineCmd, maxLenLineCmd, longLineCmd)),
+			fmt.Sprintf("%s; echo; %s; echo; %s; echo", shortLineCmd, maxLenLineCmd, longLineCmd)),
 		WithLogPath(containerName),
 	)
 	cn, err := runtimeService.CreateContainer(sb, cnConfig, sbConfig)
diff --git a/pkg/server/events.go b/pkg/server/events.go
index b3a8609be..87169b544 100644
--- a/pkg/server/events.go
+++ b/pkg/server/events.go
@@ -112,17 +112,17 @@ func convertEvent(e *gogotypes.Any) (string, interface{}, error) {
 		return "", nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to unmarshalany")
 	}
 
-	switch evt.(type) {
+	switch e := evt.(type) {
 	case *eventtypes.TaskExit:
-		id = evt.(*eventtypes.TaskExit).ContainerID
+		id = e.ContainerID
 	case *eventtypes.TaskOOM:
-		id = evt.(*eventtypes.TaskOOM).ContainerID
+		id = e.ContainerID
 	case *eventtypes.ImageCreate:
-		id = evt.(*eventtypes.ImageCreate).Name
+		id = e.Name
 	case *eventtypes.ImageUpdate:
-		id = evt.(*eventtypes.ImageUpdate).Name
+		id = e.Name
 	case *eventtypes.ImageDelete:
-		id = evt.(*eventtypes.ImageDelete).Name
+		id = e.Name
 	default:
 		return "", nil, errors.New("unsupported event")
 	}
@@ -200,9 +200,8 @@ func (em *eventMonitor) handleEvent(any interface{}) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, handleEventTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	switch any.(type) {
+	switch e := any.(type) {
 	case *eventtypes.TaskExit:
-		e := any.(*eventtypes.TaskExit)
 		logrus.Infof("TaskExit event %+v", e)
 		// Use ID instead of ContainerID to rule out TaskExit event for exec.
 		cntr, err := em.c.containerStore.Get(e.ID)
@@ -226,7 +225,6 @@ func (em *eventMonitor) handleEvent(any interface{}) error {
 		}
 		return nil
 	case *eventtypes.TaskOOM:
-		e := any.(*eventtypes.TaskOOM)
 		logrus.Infof("TaskOOM event %+v", e)
 		// For TaskOOM, we only care which container it belongs to.
 		cntr, err := em.c.containerStore.Get(e.ContainerID)
@@ -244,15 +242,12 @@ func (em *eventMonitor) handleEvent(any interface{}) error {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to update container status for TaskOOM event")
 		}
 	case *eventtypes.ImageCreate:
-		e := any.(*eventtypes.ImageCreate)
 		logrus.Infof("ImageCreate event %+v", e)
 		return em.c.updateImage(ctx, e.Name)
 	case *eventtypes.ImageUpdate:
-		e := any.(*eventtypes.ImageUpdate)
 		logrus.Infof("ImageUpdate event %+v", e)
 		return em.c.updateImage(ctx, e.Name)
 	case *eventtypes.ImageDelete:
-		e := any.(*eventtypes.ImageDelete)
 		logrus.Infof("ImageDelete event %+v", e)
 		return em.c.updateImage(ctx, e.Name)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/server/io/logger.go b/pkg/server/io/logger.go
index 9d2af2769..c0a0d11ca 100644
--- a/pkg/server/io/logger.go
+++ b/pkg/server/io/logger.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package io
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"time"
@@ -61,6 +62,56 @@ func NewCRILogger(path string, w io.Writer, stream StreamType, maxLen int) (io.W
 	return pwc, stop
 }
 
+// bufio.ReadLine in golang eats both read errors and tailing newlines
+// (See https://golang.org/pkg/bufio/#Reader.ReadLine). When reading
+// to io.EOF, it is impossible for the caller to figure out whether
+// there is a newline at the end, for example:
+// 1) When reading "CONTENT\n", it returns "CONTENT" without error;
+// 2) When reading "CONTENT", it also returns "CONTENT" without error.
+//
+// To differentiate these 2 cases, we need to write a readLine function
+// ourselves to not ignore the error.
+//
+// The code is similar with https://golang.org/src/bufio/bufio.go?s=9537:9604#L359.
+// The only difference is that it returns all errors from `ReadSlice`.
+//
+// readLine returns err != nil if and only if line does not end with a new line.
+func readLine(b *bufio.Reader) (line []byte, isPrefix bool, err error) {
+	line, err = b.ReadSlice('\n')
+	if err == bufio.ErrBufferFull {
+		// Handle the case where "\r\n" straddles the buffer.
+		if len(line) > 0 && line[len(line)-1] == '\r' {
+			// Unread the last '\r'
+			if err := b.UnreadByte(); err != nil {
+				panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid unread %v", err))
+			}
+			line = line[:len(line)-1]
+		}
+		return line, true, nil
+	}
+
+	if len(line) == 0 {
+		if err != nil {
+			line = nil
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	if line[len(line)-1] == '\n' {
+		// "ReadSlice returns err != nil if and only if line does not end in delim"
+		// (See https://golang.org/pkg/bufio/#Reader.ReadSlice).
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("full read with unexpected error %v", err))
+		}
+		drop := 1
+		if len(line) > 1 && line[len(line)-2] == '\r' {
+			drop = 2
+		}
+		line = line[:len(line)-drop]
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func redirectLogs(path string, rc io.ReadCloser, w io.Writer, s StreamType, maxLen int) {
 	defer rc.Close()
 	var (
@@ -88,7 +139,16 @@ func redirectLogs(path string, rc io.ReadCloser, w io.Writer, s StreamType, maxL
 	}
 	for {
 		var stop bool
-		newLine, isPrefix, err := r.ReadLine()
+		newLine, isPrefix, err := readLine(r)
+		// NOTE(random-liu): readLine can return actual content even if there is an error.
+		if len(newLine) > 0 {
+			// Buffer returned by ReadLine will change after
+			// next read, copy it.
+			l := make([]byte, len(newLine))
+			copy(l, newLine)
+			buf = append(buf, l)
+			length += len(l)
+		}
 		if err != nil {
 			if err == io.EOF {
 				logrus.Debugf("Getting EOF from stream %q while redirecting to log file %q", s, path)
@@ -101,13 +161,6 @@ func redirectLogs(path string, rc io.ReadCloser, w io.Writer, s StreamType, maxL
 			}
 			// Stop after writing the content left in buffer.
 			stop = true
-		} else {
-			// Buffer returned by ReadLine will change after
-			// next read, copy it.
-			l := make([]byte, len(newLine))
-			copy(l, newLine)
-			buf = append(buf, l)
-			length += len(l)
 		}
 		if maxLen > 0 && length > maxLen {
 			exceedLen := length - maxLen
@@ -125,7 +178,14 @@ func redirectLogs(path string, rc io.ReadCloser, w io.Writer, s StreamType, maxL
 		if isPrefix {
 			continue
 		}
-		writeLine(full, bytes.Join(buf, nil))
+		if stop {
+			// readLine only returns error when the message doesn't
+			// end with a newline, in that case it should be treated
+			// as a partial line.
+			writeLine(partial, bytes.Join(buf, nil))
+		} else {
+			writeLine(full, bytes.Join(buf, nil))
+		}
 		buf = nil
 		length = 0
 		if stop {
diff --git a/pkg/server/io/logger_test.go b/pkg/server/io/logger_test.go
index 45d45cc47..8c0384412 100644
--- a/pkg/server/io/logger_test.go
+++ b/pkg/server/io/logger_test.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestRedirectLogs(t *testing.T) {
 			maxLen: maxLen,
 			tag: []runtime.LogTag{
 				runtime.LogTagFull,
-				runtime.LogTagFull,
+				runtime.LogTagPartial,
 			},
 			content: []string{
 				"test stderr log 1",
@@ -222,6 +222,19 @@ func TestRedirectLogs(t *testing.T) {
 				strings.Repeat("a", defaultBufSize*10+20),
 			},
 		},
+		"log length longer than buffer size with tailing \\r\\n": {
+			input:  strings.Repeat("a", defaultBufSize-1) + "\r\n" + strings.Repeat("a", defaultBufSize-1) + "\r\n",
+			stream: Stdout,
+			maxLen: -1,
+			tag: []runtime.LogTag{
+				runtime.LogTagFull,
+				runtime.LogTagFull,
+			},
+			content: []string{
+				strings.Repeat("a", defaultBufSize-1),
+				strings.Repeat("a", defaultBufSize-1),
+			},
+		},
 	} {
 		t.Logf("TestCase %q", desc)
 		rc := ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(test.input))
diff --git a/pkg/util/strings.go b/pkg/util/strings.go
index d5cbc2e8e..4d06ecbf0 100644
--- a/pkg/util/strings.go
+++ b/pkg/util/strings.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import "strings"
 // Comparison is case insensitive.
 func InStringSlice(ss []string, str string) bool {
 	for _, s := range ss {
-		if strings.ToLower(s) == strings.ToLower(str) {
+		if strings.EqualFold(s, str) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func InStringSlice(ss []string, str string) bool {
 func SubtractStringSlice(ss []string, str string) []string {
 	var res []string
 	for _, s := range ss {
-		if strings.ToLower(s) == strings.ToLower(str) {
+		if strings.EqualFold(s, str) {
 			continue
 		}
 		res = append(res, s)