diff --git a/files/glance-api.conf b/files/glance-api.conf
index 0358a7a..3499ff7 100644
--- a/files/glance-api.conf
+++ b/files/glance-api.conf
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 log_file = %DEST%/glance/api.log
 
 # Send logs to syslog (/dev/log) instead of to file specified by `log_file`
-use_syslog = False
+use_syslog = %SYSLOG%
 
 # ============ Notification System Options =====================
 
diff --git a/files/glance-registry.conf b/files/glance-registry.conf
index c3ca9a7..351b09f 100644
--- a/files/glance-registry.conf
+++ b/files/glance-registry.conf
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 filesystem_store_datadir = %DEST%/glance/images
 
 # Send logs to syslog (/dev/log) instead of to file specified by `log_file`
-use_syslog = False
+use_syslog = %SYSLOG%
 
 # SQLAlchemy connection string for the reference implementation
 # registry server. Any valid SQLAlchemy connection string is fine.
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index c79fb46..0750d26 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
 # Destination path for installation ``DEST``
 DEST=${DEST:-/opt/stack}
 
+# Configure services to syslog instead of writing to individual log files
+SYSLOG=${SYSLOG:-False}
+
 # OpenStack is designed to be run as a regular user (Dashboard will fail to run
 # as root, since apache refused to startup serve content from root user).  If
 # stack.sh is run as root, it automatically creates a stack user with
@@ -478,11 +481,13 @@
     sudo sed -e "s,%SQL_CONN%,$BASE_SQL_CONN/glance,g" -i $GLANCE_CONF
     sudo sed -e "s,%SERVICE_TOKEN%,$SERVICE_TOKEN,g" -i $GLANCE_CONF
     sudo sed -e "s,%DEST%,$DEST,g" -i $GLANCE_CONF
+    sudo sed -e "s,%SYSLOG%,$SYSLOG,g" -i $GLANCE_CONF
 
     GLANCE_API_CONF=$GLANCE_DIR/etc/glance-api.conf
     cp $FILES/glance-api.conf $GLANCE_API_CONF
     sudo sed -e "s,%DEST%,$DEST,g" -i $GLANCE_API_CONF
     sudo sed -e "s,%SERVICE_TOKEN%,$SERVICE_TOKEN,g" -i $GLANCE_API_CONF
+    sudo sed -e "s,%SYSLOG%,$SYSLOG,g" -i $GLANCE_API_CONF
 fi
 
 # Nova
@@ -627,6 +632,9 @@
     add_nova_flag "--multi_host=$MULTI_HOST"
     add_nova_flag "--send_arp_for_ha=1"
 fi
+if [ "$SYSLOG" != "False" ]; then
+    add_nova_flag "--use_syslog=1"
+fi
 
 # Nova Database
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tools/build_kvm.sh b/tools/build_kvm.sh
index 36457d5..e6cb3e3 100755
--- a/tools/build_kvm.sh
+++ b/tools/build_kvm.sh
@@ -341,7 +341,14 @@
 # Change boot params so that we get a console log
 sudo sed -e "s/quiet splash/splash console=ttyS0 console=ttyS1,19200n8/g" -i $ROOTFS/boot/grub/menu.lst
 sudo sed -e "s/^hiddenmenu//g" -i $ROOTFS/boot/grub/menu.lst
-#chroot $ROOTFS grub-install /dev/vda
+
+# Set the hostname
+echo $GUEST_NAME > $ROOTFS/etc/hostname
+
+# We need the hostname to resolve for rabbit to launch
+if ! grep -q $GUEST_NAME $ROOTFS/etc/hosts; then
+    echo "$GUEST_IP $GUEST_NAME" >> $ROOTFS/etc/hosts
+fi
 
 # Unmount
 umount $ROOTFS || echo 'ok'