diff --git a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/horizontal.go b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/horizontal.go
index a09d40e8fd3..24c596c585c 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/horizontal.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/horizontal.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ func NewHorizontalController(
 
 ) *HorizontalController {
 	broadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
+	broadcaster.StartLogging(glog.Infof)
 	// TODO: remove the wrapper when every clients have moved to use the clientset.
 	broadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: evtNamespacer.Events("")})
 	recorder := broadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "horizontal-pod-autoscaler"})
diff --git a/pkg/controller/route/route_controller.go b/pkg/controller/route/route_controller.go
index 70598b46dc9..352527a3d97 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/route/route_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/route/route_controller.go
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ func New(routes cloudprovider.Routes, kubeClient clientset.Interface, nodeInform
 	}
 
 	eventBroadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
-	recorder := eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "route-controller"})
+	eventBroadcaster.StartLogging(glog.Infof)
+	recorder := eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "route_controller"})
 
 	rc := &RouteController{
 		routes:           routes,
diff --git a/pkg/controller/service/service_controller.go b/pkg/controller/service/service_controller.go
index 0f7c1f686b8..253d1cd7a3b 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/service/service_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/service/service_controller.go
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ func New(
 	clusterName string,
 ) (*ServiceController, error) {
 	broadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
+	broadcaster.StartLogging(glog.Infof)
 	broadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: v1core.New(kubeClient.Core().RESTClient()).Events("")})
 	recorder := broadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "service-controller"})
 	broadcaster.StartLogging(glog.Infof)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller_base.go b/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller_base.go
index 2fb5852f7f4..73af960ace3 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller_base.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller_base.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ func NewController(p ControllerParameters) (*PersistentVolumeController, error)
 	eventRecorder := p.EventRecorder
 	if eventRecorder == nil {
 		broadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
+		broadcaster.StartLogging(glog.Infof)
 		broadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: v1core.New(p.KubeClient.Core().RESTClient()).Events("")})
 		eventRecorder = broadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "persistentvolume-controller"})
 	}