diff --git a/daemon/attach.go b/daemon/attach.go
index 64a1223a4d..047828b17d 100644
--- a/daemon/attach.go
+++ b/daemon/attach.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerWsAttachWithLogs(prefixOrName string, c *Containe
 
 func (daemon *Daemon) attachWithLogs(container *Container, stdin io.ReadCloser, stdout, stderr io.Writer, logs, stream bool) error {
 	if logs {
-		logDriver, err := container.getLogger()
+		logDriver, err := daemon.getLogger(container)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/daemon/container.go b/daemon/container.go
index 87b0e009da..f4c6b84d85 100644
--- a/daemon/container.go
+++ b/daemon/container.go
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func (container *Container) exposes(p nat.Port) bool {
 	return exists
 }
 
-func (container *Container) getLogConfig() runconfig.LogConfig {
+func (container *Container) getLogConfig(defaultConfig runconfig.LogConfig) runconfig.LogConfig {
 	cfg := container.hostConfig.LogConfig
 	if cfg.Type != "" || len(cfg.Config) > 0 { // container has log driver configured
 		if cfg.Type == "" {
@@ -290,17 +290,11 @@ func (container *Container) getLogConfig() runconfig.LogConfig {
 		return cfg
 	}
 	// Use daemon's default log config for containers
-	return container.daemon.defaultLogConfig
+	return defaultConfig
 }
 
-func (container *Container) getLogger() (logger.Logger, error) {
-	if container.logDriver != nil && container.IsRunning() {
-		return container.logDriver, nil
-	}
-	cfg := container.getLogConfig()
-	if err := logger.ValidateLogOpts(cfg.Type, cfg.Config); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+// StartLogger starts a new logger driver for the container.
+func (container *Container) StartLogger(cfg runconfig.LogConfig) (logger.Logger, error) {
 	c, err := logger.GetLogDriver(cfg.Type)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, derr.ErrorCodeLoggingFactory.WithArgs(err)
@@ -328,30 +322,6 @@ func (container *Container) getLogger() (logger.Logger, error) {
 	return c(ctx)
 }
 
-func (container *Container) startLogging() error {
-	cfg := container.getLogConfig()
-	if cfg.Type == "none" {
-		return nil // do not start logging routines
-	}
-
-	l, err := container.getLogger()
-	if err != nil {
-		return derr.ErrorCodeInitLogger.WithArgs(err)
-	}
-
-	copier := logger.NewCopier(container.ID, map[string]io.Reader{"stdout": container.StdoutPipe(), "stderr": container.StderrPipe()}, l)
-	container.logCopier = copier
-	copier.Run()
-	container.logDriver = l
-
-	// set LogPath field only for json-file logdriver
-	if jl, ok := l.(*jsonfilelog.JSONFileLogger); ok {
-		container.LogPath = jl.LogPath()
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (container *Container) getProcessLabel() string {
 	// even if we have a process label return "" if we are running
 	// in privileged mode
diff --git a/daemon/logs.go b/daemon/logs.go
index e4a4853c39..f3fa866a63 100644
--- a/daemon/logs.go
+++ b/daemon/logs.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/logger"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/logger/jsonfilelog"
 	derr "github.com/docker/docker/errors"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/stdcopy"
 )
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerLogs(containerName string, config *ContainerLogsC
 	}
 	config.OutStream = outStream
 
-	cLog, err := container.getLogger()
+	cLog, err := daemon.getLogger(container)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -97,3 +98,42 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerLogs(containerName string, config *ContainerLogsC
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func (daemon *Daemon) getLogger(container *Container) (logger.Logger, error) {
+	if container.logDriver != nil && container.IsRunning() {
+		return container.logDriver, nil
+	}
+	cfg := container.getLogConfig(daemon.defaultLogConfig)
+	if err := logger.ValidateLogOpts(cfg.Type, cfg.Config); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return container.StartLogger(cfg)
+}
+
+// StartLogging initializes and starts the container logging stream.
+func (daemon *Daemon) StartLogging(container *Container) error {
+	cfg := container.getLogConfig(daemon.defaultLogConfig)
+	if cfg.Type == "none" {
+		return nil // do not start logging routines
+	}
+
+	if err := logger.ValidateLogOpts(cfg.Type, cfg.Config); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	l, err := container.StartLogger(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return derr.ErrorCodeInitLogger.WithArgs(err)
+	}
+
+	copier := logger.NewCopier(container.ID, map[string]io.Reader{"stdout": container.StdoutPipe(), "stderr": container.StderrPipe()}, l)
+	container.logCopier = copier
+	copier.Run()
+	container.logDriver = l
+
+	// set LogPath field only for json-file logdriver
+	if jl, ok := l.(*jsonfilelog.JSONFileLogger); ok {
+		container.LogPath = jl.LogPath()
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/daemon/monitor.go b/daemon/monitor.go
index 3512cbd1cd..4f37d0ef12 100644
--- a/daemon/monitor.go
+++ b/daemon/monitor.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ type containerSupervisor interface {
 	LogContainerEvent(*Container, string)
 	// Cleanup ensures that the container is properly unmounted
 	Cleanup(*Container)
+	// StartLogging starts the logging driver for the container
+	StartLogging(*Container) error
 }
 
 // containerMonitor monitors the execution of a container's main process.
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ func (m *containerMonitor) Start() error {
 	for {
 		m.container.RestartCount++
 
-		if err := m.container.startLogging(); err != nil {
+		if err := m.supervisor.StartLogging(m.container); err != nil {
 			m.resetContainer(false)
 
 			return err