diff --git a/images/fabric-ca-fvt/Dockerfile.in b/images/fabric-ca-fvt/Dockerfile.in
index fb8ab195b..50b9c79ec 100644
--- a/images/fabric-ca-fvt/Dockerfile.in
+++ b/images/fabric-ca-fvt/Dockerfile.in
@@ -30,12 +30,18 @@ RUN dpkg-reconfigure locales && update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 # Install more test depedencies
 RUN echo "mysql-server mysql-server/root_password password mysql" | debconf-set-selections
 RUN echo "mysql-server mysql-server/root_password_again password mysql" | debconf-set-selections
-RUN apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends bc vim lsof sqlite3 haproxy postgresql-$PGVER \
+RUN apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends rsyslog bc vim lsof sqlite3 haproxy postgresql-$PGVER \
                        postgresql-client-common postgresql-contrib-$PGVER isag jq git html2text \
                        debconf-utils zsh htop python2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib \
                        mysql-client  mysql-common mysql-server
 RUN apt-get -y autoremove
 
+# Configure rsyslog
+  # Include the imudp modules (syslog messages via UDP) by uncommenting
+RUN sed -i 's/^[[:blank:]]*#\([[:blank:]]*.*imudp.*\)/\1/' /etc/rsyslog.conf
+RUN rm /etc/rsyslog.d/*haproxy*conf
+RUN printf "local2.*    /var/log/haproxy.log\n& ~\n" > /etc/rsyslog.d/haproxy.conf
+
 # Configure and start postgres
 RUN echo $PGUSER:$PGUSER | chpasswd
 RUN mkdir -p $PGDATA && chown postgres:postgres $PGDATA
diff --git a/images/fabric-ca-fvt/start.sh b/images/fabric-ca-fvt/start.sh
index 5b6a21c8a..e47c74980 100755
--- a/images/fabric-ca-fvt/start.sh
+++ b/images/fabric-ca-fvt/start.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ LDAP_PORT=389
 PORTS=($POSTGRES_PORT $MYSQL_PORT $LDAP_PORT)
 
 timeout=12
+service rsyslog start
 su postgres -c 'postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data' &
 chown -R mysql.mysql /var/lib/mysql
 /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --sql-mode=STRICT_TRANS_TABLES &
diff --git a/scripts/fvt/fabric-ca_setup.sh b/scripts/fvt/fabric-ca_setup.sh
index 1df3c89e0..e6ac2f7e3 100755
--- a/scripts/fvt/fabric-ca_setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/fvt/fabric-ca_setup.sh
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ function startHaproxy() {
    case $TLS_ON in
      "true")
    haproxy -f  <(echo "global
-      log /dev/log	local0 debug
-      log /dev/log	local1 debug
+      log 127.0.0.1 local2
       daemon
 defaults
       log     global
@@ -149,14 +148,17 @@ frontend haproxy
 backend fabric-cas
       mode tcp
       balance roundrobin";
-   while test $((i++)) -lt $inst; do
-      echo "      server server$i  127.0.0.$i:$server_port"
-   done)
+      # For each requested instance passed to startHaproxy
+      # (which is determined by the -n option passed to the
+      # main script) create a backend server in haproxy config
+      # Each server uses a separate loopback address.
+      while test $((i++)) -lt $inst; do
+         echo "      server server$i  127.0.0.$i:$server_port"
+      done)
    ;;
    *)
    haproxy -f  <(echo "global
-      log /dev/log	local0 debug
-      log /dev/log	local1 debug
+      log 127.0.0.1 local2
       daemon
 defaults
       log     global