diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/node.yaml b/cluster/gce/gci/node.yaml
index fe73c05bdbe..63f2d17783a 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/node.yaml
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/node.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ write_files:
       ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c 'OPT=""; if curl --help | grep -q -- "--retry-connrefused"; then OPT="--retry-connrefused"; fi; /usr/bin/curl --fail --retry 5 --retry-delay 3 $OPT --silent --show-error -H "X-Google-Metadata-Request: True" -o /home/kubernetes/bin/configure.sh http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/attributes/configure-sh'
       ExecStartPre=/bin/chmod 544 /home/kubernetes/bin/configure.sh
       ExecStart=/home/kubernetes/bin/configure.sh
+      StandardOutput=journal+console
 
       [Install]
       WantedBy=kubernetes.target
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ write_files:
       RemainAfterExit=yes
       ExecStartPre=/bin/chmod 544 /home/kubernetes/bin/configure-helper.sh
       ExecStart=/home/kubernetes/bin/configure-helper.sh
+      StandardOutput=journal+console
 
       [Install]
       WantedBy=kubernetes.target