diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index 7d8bb39c4..4b01d2814 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ filegroup(
         "//pkg/client/listers/certmanager/v1alpha1:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/controller:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/issuer:all-srcs",
+        "//pkg/logs:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/scheduler:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/util:all-srcs",
         "//test/e2e:all-srcs",
diff --git a/cmd/acmesolver/BUILD.bazel b/cmd/acmesolver/BUILD.bazel
index 65cff9750..4fc39ab30 100644
--- a/cmd/acmesolver/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/cmd/acmesolver/BUILD.bazel
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ go_library(
     srcs = ["main.go"],
     importpath = "github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/cmd/acmesolver",
     visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
-    deps = ["//pkg/issuer/acme/http/solver:go_default_library"],
+    deps = [
+        "//pkg/issuer/acme/http/solver:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/logs:go_default_library",
+    ],
 )
 
 go_binary(
diff --git a/cmd/acmesolver/main.go b/cmd/acmesolver/main.go
index 9dc27b855..e5cf6992c 100644
--- a/cmd/acmesolver/main.go
+++ b/cmd/acmesolver/main.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 
 	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/issuer/acme/http/solver"
+	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/logs"
 )
 
 // acmesolver solves ACME http-01 challenges. This is intended to run as a pod
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ var (
 )
 
 func main() {
+	logs.InitLogs()
+	defer logs.FlushLogs()
+
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	s := &solver.HTTP01Solver{
diff --git a/cmd/controller/BUILD.bazel b/cmd/controller/BUILD.bazel
index 296c10ceb..9e9190acb 100644
--- a/cmd/controller/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/cmd/controller/BUILD.bazel
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/issuer/ca:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/issuer/selfsigned:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/issuer/vault:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/logs:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/gorilla/mux:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/controller/main.go b/cmd/controller/main.go
index f4107369f..06e4f255a 100644
--- a/cmd/controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/controller/main.go
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
+
+	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/logs"
 )
 
 func main() {
+	logs.InitLogs()
+	defer logs.FlushLogs()
 	stopCh := SetupSignalHandler()
 
 	cmd := NewCommandStartCertManagerController(os.Stdout, os.Stderr, stopCh)
diff --git a/cmd/webhook/BUILD.bazel b/cmd/webhook/BUILD.bazel
index b08f0ca37..74e12afd0 100644
--- a/cmd/webhook/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/cmd/webhook/BUILD.bazel
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ go_library(
     visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/apis/certmanager/validation/webhooks:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/logs:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/openshift/generic-admission-server/pkg/cmd:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/cmd/webhook/main.go b/cmd/webhook/main.go
index c09a8ad1b..c39203e21 100644
--- a/cmd/webhook/main.go
+++ b/cmd/webhook/main.go
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 
-	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/apis/certmanager/validation/webhooks"
 	"github.com/openshift/generic-admission-server/pkg/cmd"
+
+	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/apis/certmanager/validation/webhooks"
+	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/logs"
 )
 
 var certHook cmd.ValidatingAdmissionHook = &webhooks.CertificateAdmissionHook{}
@@ -28,6 +30,9 @@ var issuerHook cmd.ValidatingAdmissionHook = &webhooks.IssuerAdmissionHook{}
 var clusterIssuerHook cmd.ValidatingAdmissionHook = &webhooks.ClusterIssuerAdmissionHook{}
 
 func main() {
+	logs.InitLogs()
+	defer logs.FlushLogs()
+
 	// Avoid "logging before flag.Parse" errors from glog
 	flag.CommandLine.Parse([]string{})
 
diff --git a/pkg/logs/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/logs/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a974bd549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/logs/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library")
+
+go_library(
+    name = "go_default_library",
+    srcs = ["logs.go"],
+    importpath = "github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/logs",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = [
+        "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/github.com/spf13/pflag:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "package-srcs",
+    srcs = glob(["**"]),
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "all-srcs",
+    srcs = [":package-srcs"],
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/pkg/logs/logs.go b/pkg/logs/logs.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc5edf77c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/logs/logs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 The Jetstack cert-manager contributors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package logs
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"log"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+)
+
+var logFlushFreq = pflag.Duration("log-flush-frequency", 5*time.Second, "Maximum number of seconds between log flushes")
+
+// TODO(thockin): This is temporary until we agree on log dirs and put those into each cmd.
+func init() {
+	flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
+}
+
+// GlogWriter serves as a bridge between the standard log package and the glog package.
+type GlogWriter struct{}
+
+// Write implements the io.Writer interface.
+func (writer GlogWriter) Write(data []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	glog.Info(string(data))
+	return len(data), nil
+}
+
+// InitLogs initializes logs the way we want for kubernetes.
+func InitLogs() {
+	log.SetOutput(GlogWriter{})
+	log.SetFlags(0)
+	// The default glog flush interval is 30 seconds, which is frighteningly long.
+	go wait.Until(glog.Flush, *logFlushFreq, wait.NeverStop)
+}
+
+// FlushLogs flushes logs immediately.
+func FlushLogs() {
+	glog.Flush()
+}
+
+// NewLogger creates a new log.Logger which sends logs to glog.Info.
+func NewLogger(prefix string) *log.Logger {
+	return log.New(GlogWriter{}, prefix, 0)
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/BUILD.bazel b/test/e2e/BUILD.bazel
index 1e4f8c446..9f7110be7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/test/e2e/BUILD.bazel
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ go_test(
     embed = [":go_default_library"],
     tags = ["manual"],
     deps = [
+        "//pkg/logs:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/suite:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 9748868f6..38b6ee2c4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 
+	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/logs"
 	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/test/e2e/framework"
 	_ "github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/test/e2e/suite"
 )
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
+	logs.InitLogs()
+	defer logs.FlushLogs()
+
 	if err := framework.DefaultConfig.Validate(); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Invalid test config: %v", err)
 		t.Fail()