diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 5315e417cc..b9e19f9328 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -79,3 +79,4 @@ Ye Jia Xu (xyj.asmy@gmail.com)
 Pete Zaitcev (zaitcev@kotori.zaitcev.us)
 Josh Kearney (josh@jk0.org)
 Vincent Untz (vuntz@suse.com)
+Tsuyuzaki Kota (tsuyuzaki.kota@lab.ntt.co.jp)
diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py b/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py
index 83bcd15e7a..7248f04de2 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ class ProxyLoggingMiddleware(object):
         self.app = app
         self.log_hdrs = conf.get('log_headers', 'no').lower() in TRUE_VALUES
         access_log_conf = {}
-        for key in ('log_facility', 'log_name', 'log_level'):
+        for key in ('log_facility', 'log_name', 'log_level', 'log_udp_host',
+                    'log_udp_port'):
             value = conf.get('access_' + key, conf.get(key, None))
             if value:
                 access_log_conf[key] = value
diff --git a/swift/common/utils.py b/swift/common/utils.py
index cfc0a1d46b..1f3ed26a5f 100644
--- a/swift/common/utils.py
+++ b/swift/common/utils.py
@@ -533,6 +533,8 @@ def get_logger(conf, name=None, log_to_console=False, log_route=None,
         log_facility = LOG_LOCAL0
         log_level = INFO
         log_name = swift
+        log_udp_host = (disabled)
+        log_udp_port = logging.handlers.SYSLOG_UDP_PORT
         log_statsd_host = (disabled)
         log_statsd_port = 8125
         log_statsd_default_sample_rate = 1
@@ -564,13 +566,19 @@ def get_logger(conf, name=None, log_to_console=False, log_route=None,
     # facility for this logger will be set by last call wins
     facility = getattr(SysLogHandler, conf.get('log_facility', 'LOG_LOCAL0'),
                        SysLogHandler.LOG_LOCAL0)
-    log_address = conf.get('log_address', '/dev/log')
-    try:
-        handler = SysLogHandler(address=log_address, facility=facility)
-    except socket.error, e:
-        if e.errno != errno.ENOTSOCK:  # Socket operation on non-socket
-            raise e
-        handler = SysLogHandler(facility=facility)
+    udp_host = conf.get('log_udp_host')
+    if udp_host:
+        udp_port = conf.get('log_udp_port', logging.handlers.SYSLOG_UDP_PORT)
+        handler = SysLogHandler(address=(udp_host, udp_port),
+                                facility=facility)
+    else:
+        log_address = conf.get('log_address', '/dev/log')
+        try:
+            handler = SysLogHandler(address=log_address, facility=facility)
+        except socket.error, e:
+            if e.errno != errno.ENOTSOCK:  # Socket operation on non-socket
+                raise e
+            handler = SysLogHandler(facility=facility)
     handler.setFormatter(formatter)
     logger.addHandler(handler)
     get_logger.handler4logger[logger] = handler
diff --git a/swift/proxy/server.py b/swift/proxy/server.py
index 22c5376fbc..45e1f7d23f 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/server.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/server.py
@@ -1870,7 +1870,8 @@ class BaseApplication(object):
         if logger is None:
             self.logger = get_logger(conf, log_route='proxy-server')
             access_log_conf = {}
-            for key in ('log_facility', 'log_name', 'log_level'):
+            for key in ('log_facility', 'log_name', 'log_level',
+                        'log_udp_host', 'log_udp_port'):
                 value = conf.get('access_' + key, conf.get(key, None))
                 if value:
                     access_log_conf[key] = value