diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go b/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 43e8bc98121..18e2a3e3aa2 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/capabilities"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client/record"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/health"
 	_ "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/healthz"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet"
@@ -125,6 +126,9 @@ func main() {
 
 	etcd.SetLogger(util.NewLogger("etcd "))
 
+	// Log the events locally too.
+	record.StartLogging(glog.Infof)
+
 	capabilities.Initialize(capabilities.Capabilities{
 		AllowPrivileged: *allowPrivileged,
 	})