diff --git a/multicore_runtime/cloud_logging.py b/multicore_runtime/cloud_logging.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1341d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multicore_runtime/cloud_logging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+"""Provide a handler to log to Cloud Logging in JSON."""
+
+import json
+import logging
+import math
+import os
+
+LOG_PATH_TEMPLATE = '/var/log/app_engine/app.{}.json'
+
+
+class CloudLoggingHandler(logging.FileHandler):
+  """A handler that emits logs to Cloud Logging.
+
+  Writes to the Cloud Logging directory, wrapped in JSON and with appropriate
+  metadata. The process of converting the user's formatted logs into a JSON
+  payload for Cloud Logging consumption is implemented as part of the handler
+  itself, and not as a formatting step, so as not to interfere with user-defined
+  logging formats.
+
+  The handler will look for HTTP header information in the environment (which
+  will be present in the GAE 1.0-compatible runtime) and, if it exists, will
+  parse the X-Cloud-Trace-Context header to add a Trace ID to each log record.
+
+  Logging calls can also alternatively 'trace_id' in as a field in the 'extra'
+  dict, which will be used preferentially to fill out the Trace ID metadata.
+  """
+
+  def __init__(self):
+    # Large log entries will get mangled if multiple workers write to the same
+    # file simultaneously, so we'll use the worker's PID to pick a log filename.
+    filename = LOG_PATH_TEMPLATE.format(os.getpid())
+    super(CloudLoggingHandler, self).__init__(filename, delay=True)
+
+  def format(self, record):
+    """Format the specified record default behavior, plus JSON and metadata."""
+    # First, let's just get the log string as it would normally be formatted.
+    message = super(CloudLoggingHandler, self).format(record)
+
+    # Now assemble a dictionary with the log string as the message.
+    payload = {
+        'message': message,
+        'timestamp': {'seconds': int(record.created),
+                      'nanos': int(math.modf(record.created)[0] * 1000000000)},
+        'thread': record.thread,
+        'severity': record.levelname,}
+
+    # Now make a best effort to add the trace id.
+    # First, try to get the trace id from the 'extras' of the record.
+    trace_id = getattr(record, 'trace_id', None)
+
+    # If that didn't work, check if HTTP headers are present in the
+    # environment (GAE 1.0-style), and use them to parse out the Trace ID.
+    if not trace_id:
+      trace_id = os.getenv('X-Cloud-Trace-Context', '')[:16]
+
+    # Now add a traceID key to the payload, if one was found.
+    if trace_id:
+      payload['traceId'] = trace_id
+
+    return json.dumps(payload)
diff --git a/multicore_runtime/cloud_logging_test.py b/multicore_runtime/cloud_logging_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4bb75fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multicore_runtime/cloud_logging_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+import json
+import logging
+import mock
+import os
+import unittest
+
+import cloud_logging
+
+
+class CloudLoggingTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+  EXPECTED_TRACE_ID = None
+  EXPECTED_OVERRIDDEN_TRACE_ID = '1234123412341234'
+  EXPECTED_MESSAGE = 'test message'
+  TEST_TIME = 1437589520.830589056
+  EXPECTED_SECONDS = 1437589520
+  EXPECTED_NANOS = 830589056
+
+  def setUp(self):
+    self.handler = cloud_logging.CloudLoggingHandler()
+    with mock.patch('time.time', return_value=self.TEST_TIME):
+      self.record = logging.makeLogRecord({'msg': self.EXPECTED_MESSAGE,
+                                           'levelname': 'INFO'})
+      self.record_with_extra = logging.makeLogRecord(
+          {'msg': self.EXPECTED_MESSAGE,
+           'levelname': 'INFO',
+           'trace_id': self.EXPECTED_OVERRIDDEN_TRACE_ID,})
+
+  def test_file_name_is_correct(self):
+    self.assertTrue(self.handler.baseFilename.startswith(
+        '/var/log/app_engine/app.'))
+    self.assertTrue(self.handler.baseFilename.endswith('.json'))
+
+  def test_format(self):
+    msg = self.handler.format(self.record)
+    payload = json.loads(msg)
+    if self.EXPECTED_TRACE_ID:
+      self.assertEquals(payload['traceId'], self.EXPECTED_TRACE_ID)
+    else:
+      self.assertNotIn('traceId', payload)
+
+  def test_format_with_trace_id_as_extra(self):
+    msg = self.handler.format(self.record_with_extra)
+    payload = json.loads(msg)
+    self.assertEquals(payload['traceId'], self.EXPECTED_OVERRIDDEN_TRACE_ID)
+
+  def test_format_timestamp(self):
+    msg = self.handler.format(self.record)
+    payload = json.loads(msg)
+    self.assertEquals(payload['timestamp']['seconds'], self.EXPECTED_SECONDS)
+    self.assertEquals(payload['timestamp']['nanos'], self.EXPECTED_NANOS)
+
+
+class CloudLoggingTestCaseWithTraceIdEnv(CloudLoggingTestCase):
+
+  EXPECTED_TRACE_ID = '0101010102020202'
+
+  def setUp(self):
+    super(CloudLoggingTestCaseWithTraceIdEnv, self).setUp()
+    os.environ['X-Cloud-Trace-Context'] = '{}/12345;o=1'.format(
+        self.EXPECTED_TRACE_ID)
+
+  def tearDown(self):
+    os.unsetenv('X-Cloud-Trace-Context')
diff --git a/multicore_runtime/wsgi.py b/multicore_runtime/wsgi.py
index 633fbde1..af5fad6f 100644
--- a/multicore_runtime/wsgi.py
+++ b/multicore_runtime/wsgi.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 
+import cloud_logging
 from dispatcher import dispatcher
 from middleware import health_check_middleware
 from middleware import reset_environment_middleware
@@ -36,8 +37,12 @@
 from google.appengine.ext.vmruntime import vmconfig
 from google.appengine.ext.vmruntime import vmstub
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+# Configure logging to output structured JSON to Cloud Logging.
+handler = cloud_logging.CloudLoggingHandler()
+handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+logging.getLogger('').addHandler(handler)
 
+# Fetch application configuration via the config file.
 appinfo = get_module_config(get_module_config_filename())
 env_config = vmconfig.BuildVmAppengineEnvConfig()