diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 185d759d..8272ed0b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Server options:
 Logging options:
     -l, --log FILE                   File to redirect log output
     -T, --logtime                    Timestamp log entries (default: true)
+    -s, --syslog                     Enable syslog as log method.
+    -r, --remote_syslog              Syslog server addr (udp://localhost:514).
     -D, --debug                      Enable debugging output
     -V, --trace                      Trace the raw protocol
 
diff --git a/gnatsd.go b/gnatsd.go
index ff2f0cad..31f96fa4 100644
--- a/gnatsd.go
+++ b/gnatsd.go
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&opts.PidFile, "pid", "", "File to store process pid.")
 	flag.StringVar(&opts.LogFile, "l", "", "File to store logging output.")
 	flag.StringVar(&opts.LogFile, "log", "", "File to store logging output.")
-	flag.BoolVar(&opts.Syslog, "syslog", false, "Enable syslog as log method.")
+	flag.BoolVar(&opts.Syslog, "s", false, "Enable syslog as log method.")
+	flag.BoolVar(&opts.Syslog, "syslog", false, "Enable syslog as log method..")
+	flag.StringVar(&opts.RemoteSyslog, "r", "", "Syslog server addr (udp://localhost:514).")
+	flag.StringVar(&opts.RemoteSyslog, "remote_syslog", "", "Syslog server addr (udp://localhost:514).")
 	flag.BoolVar(&showVersion, "version", false, "Print version information.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&showVersion, "v", false, "Print version information.")
 	flag.IntVar(&opts.ProfPort, "profile", 0, "Profiling HTTP port")
@@ -99,14 +102,17 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func buildLogger(opts *server.Options) server.Logger {
-	if opts.Syslog {
-		return logger.NewSysLogger(opts.Debug, opts.Trace)
-	}
-
 	if opts.LogFile != "" {
 		return logger.NewFileLogger(opts.LogFile, opts.Logtime, opts.Debug, opts.Trace)
 	}
 
-	return logger.NewStdLogger(opts.Logtime, opts.Debug, opts.Trace, true)
+	if opts.RemoteSyslog != "" {
+		return logger.NewRemoteSysLogger(opts.RemoteSyslog, opts.Debug, opts.Trace)
+	}
 
+	if opts.Syslog {
+		return logger.NewSysLogger(opts.Debug, opts.Trace)
+	}
+
+	return logger.NewStdLogger(opts.Logtime, opts.Debug, opts.Trace, true)
 }
diff --git a/logger/log_test.go b/logger/log_test.go
index 7eb1eed3..c497946a 100644
--- a/logger/log_test.go
+++ b/logger/log_test.go
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ func TestStdLogger(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected %q, received %q\n", 0, flags)
 	}
 
-	if logger.debug != false {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected %b, received %b\n", false, logger.debug)
+	if logger.debug {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %t, received %t\n", false, logger.debug)
 	}
 
-	if logger.trace != false {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected %b, received %b\n", false, logger.trace)
+	if logger.trace {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %t, received %t\n", false, logger.trace)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ func TestStdLoggerWithDebugTraceAndTime(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected %d, received %d\n", log.LstdFlags, flags)
 	}
 
-	if logger.debug != true {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected %b, received %b\n", true, logger.debug)
+	if !logger.debug {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %t, received %t\n", true, logger.debug)
 	}
 
-	if logger.trace != true {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected %b, received %b\n", true, logger.trace)
+	if !logger.trace {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %t, received %t\n", true, logger.trace)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/logger/syslog.go b/logger/syslog.go
index 217396ed..b29365eb 100644
--- a/logger/syslog.go
+++ b/logger/syslog.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"log/syslog"
+	"net/url"
 )
 
 type SysLogger struct {
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ type SysLogger struct {
 func NewSysLogger(debug, trace bool) *SysLogger {
 	w, err := syslog.New(syslog.LOG_DAEMON|syslog.LOG_NOTICE, "gnatsd")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("error connecting to syslog: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("error connecting to syslog: %q", err.Error())
 	}
 
 	return &SysLogger{
@@ -26,10 +27,11 @@ func NewSysLogger(debug, trace bool) *SysLogger {
 	}
 }
 
-func NewRemoteSysLogger(network, raddr string, debug, trace bool) *SysLogger {
-	w, err := syslog.Dial(network, raddr, syslog.LOG_DEBUG, "gnatsd")
+func NewRemoteSysLogger(fqn string, debug, trace bool) *SysLogger {
+	network, addr := getNetworkAndAddr(fqn)
+	w, err := syslog.Dial(network, addr, syslog.LOG_DEBUG, "gnatsd")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("error connecting to syslog: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("error connecting to syslog: %q", err.Error())
 	}
 
 	return &SysLogger{
@@ -39,6 +41,24 @@ func NewRemoteSysLogger(network, raddr string, debug, trace bool) *SysLogger {
 	}
 }
 
+func getNetworkAndAddr(fqn string) (network, addr string) {
+	u, err := url.Parse(fqn)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	network = u.Scheme
+	if network == "udp" || network == "tcp" {
+		addr = u.Host
+	} else if network == "unix" {
+		addr = u.Path
+	} else {
+		log.Fatalf("error invalid network type: %q", u.Scheme)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
 func (l *SysLogger) Log(format string, v ...interface{}) {
 	l.writer.Notice(fmt.Sprintf(format, v...))
 }
diff --git a/logger/syslog_test.go b/logger/syslog_test.go
index db1f1775..06d2a41d 100644
--- a/logger/syslog_test.go
+++ b/logger/syslog_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package logger
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
@@ -8,50 +9,50 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-var serverAddr string
+var serverFQN string
 
 func TestSysLogger(t *testing.T) {
 	logger := NewSysLogger(false, false)
 
-	if logger.debug != false {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected %b, received %b\n", false, logger.debug)
+	if logger.debug {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %t, received %t\n", false, logger.debug)
 	}
 
-	if logger.trace != false {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected %b, received %b\n", false, logger.trace)
+	if logger.trace {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %t, received %t\n", false, logger.trace)
 	}
 }
 
 func TestSysLoggerWithDebugAndTrace(t *testing.T) {
 	logger := NewSysLogger(true, true)
 
-	if logger.debug != true {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected %b, received %b\n", true, logger.debug)
+	if !logger.debug {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %t, received %t\n", true, logger.debug)
 	}
 
-	if logger.trace != true {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected %b, received %b\n", true, logger.trace)
+	if !logger.trace {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %t, received %t\n", true, logger.trace)
 	}
 }
 
 func TestRemoteSysLogger(t *testing.T) {
 	done := make(chan string)
 	startServer(done)
-	logger := NewRemoteSysLogger("udp", serverAddr, true, true)
+	logger := NewRemoteSysLogger(serverFQN, true, true)
 
-	if logger.debug != true {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected %b, received %b\n", true, logger.debug)
+	if !logger.debug {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %t, received %t\n", true, logger.debug)
 	}
 
-	if logger.trace != true {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected %b, received %b\n", true, logger.trace)
+	if !logger.trace {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %t, received %t\n", true, logger.trace)
 	}
 }
 
 func TestRemoteSysLoggerLog(t *testing.T) {
 	done := make(chan string)
 	startServer(done)
-	logger := NewRemoteSysLogger("udp", serverAddr, true, true)
+	logger := NewRemoteSysLogger(serverFQN, true, true)
 
 	logger.Log("foo %s", "bar")
 	expectSyslogOutput(t, <-done, "foo bar\n")
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func TestRemoteSysLoggerLog(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRemoteSysLoggerDebug(t *testing.T) {
 	done := make(chan string)
 	startServer(done)
-	logger := NewRemoteSysLogger("udp", serverAddr, true, true)
+	logger := NewRemoteSysLogger(serverFQN, true, true)
 
 	logger.Debug("foo %s", "qux")
 	expectSyslogOutput(t, <-done, "foo qux\n")
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ func TestRemoteSysLoggerDebug(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRemoteSysLoggerDebugDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	done := make(chan string)
 	startServer(done)
-	logger := NewRemoteSysLogger("udp", serverAddr, false, false)
+	logger := NewRemoteSysLogger(serverFQN, false, false)
 
 	logger.Debug("foo %s", "qux")
 	rcvd := <-done
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ func TestRemoteSysLoggerDebugDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRemoteSysLoggerTrace(t *testing.T) {
 	done := make(chan string)
 	startServer(done)
-	logger := NewRemoteSysLogger("udp", serverAddr, true, true)
+	logger := NewRemoteSysLogger(serverFQN, true, true)
 
 	logger.Trace("foo %s", "qux")
 	expectSyslogOutput(t, <-done, "foo qux\n")
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ func TestRemoteSysLoggerTrace(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRemoteSysLoggerTraceDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	done := make(chan string)
 	startServer(done)
-	logger := NewRemoteSysLogger("udp", serverAddr, true, false)
+	logger := NewRemoteSysLogger(serverFQN, true, false)
 
 	logger.Trace("foo %s", "qux")
 	rcvd := <-done
@@ -99,6 +100,41 @@ func TestRemoteSysLoggerTraceDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGetNetworkAndAddrUDP(t *testing.T) {
+	n, a := getNetworkAndAddr("udp://foo.com:1000")
+
+	if n != "udp" {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected network %s\n", n)
+	}
+
+	if a != "foo.com:1000" {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected addr %s\n", a)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetNetworkAndAddrTCP(t *testing.T) {
+	n, a := getNetworkAndAddr("tcp://foo.com:1000")
+
+	if n != "tcp" {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected network %s\n", n)
+	}
+
+	if a != "foo.com:1000" {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected addr %s\n", a)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetNetworkAndAddrUnix(t *testing.T) {
+	n, a := getNetworkAndAddr("unix:///foo.sock")
+
+	if n != "unix" {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected network %s\n", n)
+	}
+
+	if a != "/foo.sock" {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected addr %s\n", a)
+	}
+}
 func expectSyslogOutput(t *testing.T, line string, expected string) {
 	data := strings.Split(line, "]: ")
 	if len(data) != 2 {
@@ -129,7 +165,7 @@ func startServer(done chan<- string) {
 		log.Fatalf("net.ListenPacket failed udp :0 %v", e)
 	}
 
-	serverAddr = c.LocalAddr().String()
+	serverFQN = fmt.Sprintf("udp://%s", c.LocalAddr().String())
 	c.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(100 * time.Millisecond))
 	go runSyslog(c, done)
 }
diff --git a/server/configs/test.conf b/server/configs/test.conf
index 598af3d7..62e6819c 100644
--- a/server/configs/test.conf
+++ b/server/configs/test.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ debug:   false
 trace:   true
 logtime: false
 log_file: "/tmp/gnatsd.log"
+syslog: true
+remote_syslog: "udp://foo.com:33"
 
 #pid file
 pid_file: "/tmp/gnatsd.pid"
diff --git a/server/opts.go b/server/opts.go
index e7d7438d..72b636ea 100644
--- a/server/opts.go
+++ b/server/opts.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	PidFile            string        `json:"-"`
 	LogFile            string        `json:"-"`
 	Syslog             bool          `json:"-"`
+	RemoteSyslog       string        `json:"-"`
 }
 
 type authorization struct {
@@ -98,6 +99,10 @@ func ProcessConfigFile(configFile string) (*Options, error) {
 			}
 		case "logfile", "log_file":
 			opts.LogFile = v.(string)
+		case "syslog":
+			opts.Syslog = v.(bool)
+		case "remote_syslog":
+			opts.RemoteSyslog = v.(string)
 		case "pidfile", "pid_file":
 			opts.PidFile = v.(string)
 		case "prof_port":
diff --git a/server/opts_test.go b/server/opts_test.go
index f02df7b2..05c70212 100644
--- a/server/opts_test.go
+++ b/server/opts_test.go
@@ -44,18 +44,20 @@ func TestOptions_RandomPort(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
 	golden := &Options{
-		Host:        "apcera.me",
-		Port:        4242,
-		Username:    "derek",
-		Password:    "bella",
-		AuthTimeout: 1.0,
-		Debug:       false,
-		Trace:       true,
-		Logtime:     false,
-		HTTPPort:    8222,
-		LogFile:     "/tmp/gnatsd.log",
-		PidFile:     "/tmp/gnatsd.pid",
-		ProfPort:    6543,
+		Host:         "apcera.me",
+		Port:         4242,
+		Username:     "derek",
+		Password:     "bella",
+		AuthTimeout:  1.0,
+		Debug:        false,
+		Trace:        true,
+		Logtime:      false,
+		HTTPPort:     8222,
+		LogFile:      "/tmp/gnatsd.log",
+		PidFile:      "/tmp/gnatsd.pid",
+		ProfPort:     6543,
+		Syslog:       true,
+		RemoteSyslog: "udp://foo.com:33",
 	}
 
 	opts, err := ProcessConfigFile("./configs/test.conf")
@@ -71,18 +73,20 @@ func TestConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestMergeOverrides(t *testing.T) {
 	golden := &Options{
-		Host:        "apcera.me",
-		Port:        2222,
-		Username:    "derek",
-		Password:    "spooky",
-		AuthTimeout: 1.0,
-		Debug:       true,
-		Trace:       true,
-		Logtime:     false,
-		HTTPPort:    DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT,
-		LogFile:     "/tmp/gnatsd.log",
-		PidFile:     "/tmp/gnatsd.pid",
-		ProfPort:    6789,
+		Host:         "apcera.me",
+		Port:         2222,
+		Username:     "derek",
+		Password:     "spooky",
+		AuthTimeout:  1.0,
+		Debug:        true,
+		Trace:        true,
+		Logtime:      false,
+		HTTPPort:     DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT,
+		LogFile:      "/tmp/gnatsd.log",
+		PidFile:      "/tmp/gnatsd.pid",
+		ProfPort:     6789,
+		Syslog:       true,
+		RemoteSyslog: "udp://foo.com:33",
 	}
 	fopts, err := ProcessConfigFile("./configs/test.conf")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/server/usage.go b/server/usage.go
index c3ed44a7..250f689f 100644
--- a/server/usage.go
+++ b/server/usage.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Server options:
 Logging options:
     -l, --log FILE                   File to redirect log output
     -T, --logtime                    Timestamp log entries (default: true)
+    -s, --syslog                     Enable syslog as log method.
+    -r, --remote_syslog              Syslog server addr (udp://localhost:514).
     -D, --debug                      Enable debugging output
     -V, --trace                      Trace the raw protocol