diff --git a/kubernetes/_common.sls b/kubernetes/_common.sls
index 88a9fcd..2fc7495 100644
--- a/kubernetes/_common.sls
+++ b/kubernetes/_common.sls
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@
     - group: root
     - mode: 0750
 
+/var/log/criproxy:
+  file.directory:
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 0750
+
 /etc/criproxy/node.conf:
   file.managed:
     - user: root
diff --git a/kubernetes/files/systemd/criproxy.service b/kubernetes/files/systemd/criproxy.service
index 9980501..3bb3961 100644
--- a/kubernetes/files/systemd/criproxy.service
+++ b/kubernetes/files/systemd/criproxy.service
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
           {%- endif %}
           -listen /var/run/criproxy.sock \
           -v 3 \
-          -alsologtostderr \
+          -log_dir=/var/log/criproxy \
 {%- if salt['pkg.version_cmp'](version,'1.8') < 0 %}
           -apiVersion {{ version }} \
 {%- endif %}