diff --git a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
index a1e05c16394..7e8b1e789e5 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
@@ -38,3 +38,7 @@ PORTAL_NET="10.0.0.0/16"
 
 # Optional: Install node monitoring.
 ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING=true
+
+# Optional: Install node logging
+ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING=true
+LOGGING_DESTINATION=elasticsearch # options: elasticsearch, gcp
diff --git a/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh b/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
index e6092630e1a..0a06dd73983 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ mkdir -p /srv/salt-overlay/pillar
 cat <<EOF >/srv/salt-overlay/pillar/cluster-params.sls
 node_instance_prefix: $NODE_INSTANCE_PREFIX
 portal_net: $PORTAL_NET
-use-fluentd-es: $FLUENTD_ELASTICSEARCH
-use-fluentd-gcp: $FLUENTD_GCP
 enable_node_monitoring: $ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING
+enable_node_logging: $ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING
+logging_destination: $LOGGING_DESTINATION
 EOF
 
 mkdir -p /srv/salt-overlay/salt/nginx
diff --git a/cluster/aws/util.sh b/cluster/aws/util.sh
index cf25daee6ab..c69a967a4fc 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/util.sh
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ function kube-up {
     echo "readonly MASTER_HTPASSWD='${htpasswd}'"
     echo "readonly PORTAL_NET='${PORTAL_NET}'"
     echo "readonly ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING='${ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-false}'"
-    echo "readonly FLUENTD_ELASTICSEARCH='${FLUENTD_ELASTICSEARCH:-false}'"
-    echo "readonly FLUENTD_GCP='false'"
+    echo "readonly ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING='${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-false}'"
+    echo "readonly LOGGING_DESTINATION='${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-}'"
     grep -v "^#" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh"
     grep -v "^#" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/aws/templates/download-release.sh"
     grep -v "^#" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/aws/templates/salt-master.sh"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index d1a69b4a833..296d9abe959 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -42,13 +42,9 @@ ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING=true
 # Optional: When set to true, heapster will be setup as part of the cluster bring up.
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING=true
 
-# Turn on Elasticsearch logging unless Google Cloud Logging has been selected or
-# if Elasticsearch logging has been specifically turned off.
-if [[ "${FLUENTD_GCP-}" != "true" ]]; then
-  if [[ "${FLUENTD_ELASTICSEARCH-}" != "false" ]]; then
-    FLUENTD_ELASTICSEARCH="true"
-  fi
-fi
-
 # When set to true, Docker Cache is enabled by default as part of the cluster bring up.
 ENABLE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_CACHE=true
+
+# Optional: Enable node logging.
+ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING=true
+LOGGING_DESTINATION=elasticsearch # options: elasticsearch, gcp
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index c4b8adea329..6bad3a681c5 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -41,4 +41,7 @@ ENABLE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_CACHE=true
 
 ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING=true
 
+ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING=true
+LOGGING_DESTINATION=elasticsearch # options: elasticsearch, gcp
+
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING=false
diff --git a/cluster/gce/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh b/cluster/gce/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
index 592689b4f1a..6cde56a7948 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ mkdir -p /srv/salt-overlay/pillar
 cat <<EOF >/srv/salt-overlay/pillar/cluster-params.sls
 node_instance_prefix: $NODE_INSTANCE_PREFIX
 portal_net: $PORTAL_NET
-use-fluentd-es: $FLUENTD_ELASTICSEARCH
-use-fluentd-gcp: $FLUENTD_GCP
 enable_node_monitoring: $ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING
+enable_node_logging: $ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING
+logging_destination: $LOGGING_DESTINATION
 EOF
 
 mkdir -p /srv/salt-overlay/salt/nginx
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index fb2d0c81b07..54147ef9898 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -283,9 +283,9 @@ function kube-up {
     echo "readonly SALT_TAR_URL='${SALT_TAR_URL}'"
     echo "readonly MASTER_HTPASSWD='${htpasswd}'"
     echo "readonly PORTAL_NET='${PORTAL_NET}'"
-    echo "readonly FLUENTD_ELASTICSEARCH='${FLUENTD_ELASTICSEARCH:-false}'"
-    echo "readonly FLUENTD_GCP='${FLUENTD_GCP:-false}'"
     echo "readonly ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING='${ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-false}'"
+    echo "readonly ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING='${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-false}'"
+    echo "readonly LOGGING_DESTINATION='${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-}'"
     grep -v "^#" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/gce/templates/common.sh"
     grep -v "^#" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/gce/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh"
     grep -v "^#" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/gce/templates/download-release.sh"
@@ -293,16 +293,12 @@ function kube-up {
   ) > "${KUBE_TEMP}/master-start.sh"
 
   # Report logging choice (if any).
-  if [[ "${FLUENTD_ELASTICSEARCH-}" == "true" ]]; then
-    echo "+++ Logging using Fluentd to Elasticsearch"
-  fi
-  if [[ "${FLUENTD_GCP-}" == "true" ]]; then
-    echo "+++ Logging using Fluentd to Google Cloud Logging"
-  fi
-
-  # For logging to GCP we need to enable some minion scopes.
-  if [[ "${FLUENTD_GCP-}" == "true" ]]; then
-     MINION_SCOPES="${MINION_SCOPES}, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/logging.write"
+  if [[ "${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING-}" == "true" ]]; then
+    echo "+++ Logging using Fluentd to ${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-unknown}"
+    # For logging to GCP we need to enable some minion scopes.
+    if [[ "${LOGGING_DESTINATION-}" == "gcp" ]]; then
+      MINION_SCOPES="${MINION_SCOPES}, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/logging.write"
+    fi
   fi
 
   gcloud compute instances create "${MASTER_NAME}" \
diff --git a/cluster/rackspace/config-default.sh b/cluster/rackspace/config-default.sh
index 5013634396e..5133e23b7f0 100644
--- a/cluster/rackspace/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/rackspace/config-default.sh
@@ -40,3 +40,7 @@ PORTAL_NET="10.0.0.0/16"
 
 # Optional: Install node monitoring.
 ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING=true
+
+# Optional: Enable node logging.
+ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING=true
+LOGGING_DESTINATION=elasticsearch
diff --git a/cluster/rackspace/util.sh b/cluster/rackspace/util.sh
index a0a7e0b1a1c..57519a8a842 100644
--- a/cluster/rackspace/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/rackspace/util.sh
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ rax-boot-minions() {
         -e "s|INDEX|$((i + 1))|g" \
         -e "s|CLOUD_FILES_URL|${RELEASE_TMP_URL//&/\&}|" \
         -e "s|ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING|${ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-false}|" \
+        -e "s|ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING|${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-false}|" \
+        -e "s|LOGGING_DESTINATION|${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-}|" \
     $(dirname $0)/rackspace/cloud-config/minion-cloud-config.yaml > $KUBE_TEMP/minion-cloud-config-$(($i + 1)).yaml
 
 
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/top.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/top.sls
index 7b631d53126..e4ec1660a70 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/top.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/top.sls
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ base:
 {% if pillar['enable_node_monitoring'] is defined and pillar['enable_node_monitoring'] %}
     - cadvisor
 {% endif %}
-{% if pillar['use-fluentd-es'] is defined and pillar['use-fluentd-es'] %}
+{% if pillar['enable_node_logging'] is defined and pillar['enable_node_logging'] %}
+  {% if pillar['logging_destination'] is defined and pillar['logging_destination'] == 'elasticsearch' %}
     - fluentd-es
-{% endif %}
-{% if pillar['use-fluentd-gcp'] is defined and pillar['use-fluentd-gcp'] %}
+  {% endif %}
+  {% if pillar['logging_destination'] is defined and pillar['logging_destination'] == 'gcp' %}
     - fluentd-gcp
+  {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
     - logrotate
 {% if grains['cloud'] is defined and grains['cloud'] == 'azure' %}
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
index 8c625b80c8b..af1264c1deb 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
@@ -40,3 +40,7 @@ done
 
 # Optional: Install node monitoring.
 ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING=true
+
+# Optional: Enable node logging.
+ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING=true
+LOGGING_DESTINATION=elasticsearch
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh b/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
index 13188a676aa..71b404ffdf3 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ cat <<EOF >/srv/salt-overlay/pillar/cluster-params.sls
   portal_net: $PORTAL_NET
   cert_ip: $MASTER_IP
   enable_node_monitoring: $ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING
+  enable_node_logging: $ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING
+  logging_destination: $LOGGING_DESTINATION
 EOF
 
 # Configure the salt-master
diff --git a/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh b/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh
index 65ad26895d1..9b30ad1f4b2 100755
--- a/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh
@@ -35,3 +35,7 @@ PORTAL_NET="10.244.240.0/20"
 
 # Optional: Install node monitoring.
 ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING=true
+
+# Optional: Enable node logging.
+ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING=true
+LOGGING_DESTINATION=elasticsearch
diff --git a/cluster/vsphere/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh b/cluster/vsphere/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
index 7fe7e6b6e8d..0a06dd73983 100755
--- a/cluster/vsphere/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
+++ b/cluster/vsphere/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ cat <<EOF >/srv/salt-overlay/pillar/cluster-params.sls
 node_instance_prefix: $NODE_INSTANCE_PREFIX
 portal_net: $PORTAL_NET
 enable_node_monitoring: $ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING
+enable_node_logging: $ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING
+logging_destination: $LOGGING_DESTINATION
 EOF
 
 mkdir -p /srv/salt-overlay/salt/nginx
diff --git a/cluster/vsphere/util.sh b/cluster/vsphere/util.sh
index 274aee8afa6..7aacf264a1a 100755
--- a/cluster/vsphere/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/vsphere/util.sh
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ function kube-up {
     echo "readonly NODE_INSTANCE_PREFIX='${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion'"
     echo "readonly PORTAL_NET='${PORTAL_NET}'"
     echo "readonly ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING='${ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-false}'"
+    echo "readonly ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING='${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-false}'"
+    echo "readonly LOGGING_DESTINATION='${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-}'"
     echo "readonly SERVER_BINARY_TAR='${SERVER_BINARY_TAR##*/}'"
     echo "readonly SALT_TAR='${SALT_TAR##*/}'"
     echo "readonly MASTER_HTPASSWD='${htpasswd}'"
diff --git a/contrib/logging/fluentd-gcp/Makefile b/contrib/logging/fluentd-gcp/Makefile
index 2f7aaab3302..843817cacd7 100644
--- a/contrib/logging/fluentd-gcp/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/logging/fluentd-gcp/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Makefile for a synthetic logger to be logged
 # by GCP. The cluster must have been created with
-# the environment variable FLUENTD_GCP set to 'true'.
+# the variable LOGGING_DESTINATION=GCP.
 
 .PHONY: up down logger-up logger-down get
 
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/logging.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/logging.md
index 585075f4b8e..335d4e49ed1 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/logging.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/logging.md
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
 ### Logging with Fluentd and Elastiscsearch
 
 To enable logging of the stdout and stderr output of every Docker container in
-a Kubernetes cluster set the shell environment
-variable ``FLUENTD_ELASTICSEARCH`` to ``true`` e.g. in bash:
+a Kubernetes cluster set the shell environment variables
+``ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING`` to ``true`` and ``LOGGING_DESTINATION`` to ``elasticsearch``.
+
+e.g. in bash:
 ```
-export FLUENTD_ELASTICSEARCH=true
+export ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING=true
+export LOGGING_DESTINATION=elasticsearch
 ```
+
 This will instantiate a [Fluentd](http://www.fluentd.org/) instance on each node which will
 collect all the Dcoker container log files. The collected logs will
 be targetted at an [Elasticsearch](http://www.elasticsearch.org/) instance assumed to be running on the
@@ -20,4 +24,5 @@ Elasticsearch service (more informaiton to follow shortly in the contrib directo
 ### Logging with Fluentd and Google Compute Platform
 
 To enable logging of Docker contains in a cluster using Google Compute
-Platform set the shell environment variable ``FLUENTD_GCP`` to ``true``.
+Platform set the config flags ``ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING`` to ``true`` and
+``LOGGING_DESTINATION`` to ``gcp``.