diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 429b3d413..719379d2c 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@
   revision = "581e00157fb1a0435d4fac54a52d1ca1e481d60e"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:17128a8b8ad758f567eaf89104ef8e36fa0b611fc10852cbfe63699c741a7618"
+  digest = "1:cab4474fd49acdab99a048725044f2563e8b3a69d8daa3d2f3175a8182c02f84"
   name = "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
   packages = [
     "pkg/cache",
@@ -871,8 +871,8 @@
     "pkg/webhook/internal/metrics",
   ]
   pruneopts = "UT"
-  revision = "eb94491f7ac37f163aef146cf3c17f87d21ae184"
-  version = "v0.2.0-beta.5"
+  revision = "fc5542c693e3340f8abbe91c6345bd64c494a60c"
+  version = "v0.2.2"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:608ec00545532185775097db32734be2fc0d88ead84250db3a9c5b86024d8ec2"
@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@
     "github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts",
     "github.com/onsi/gomega",
     "github.com/pkg/errors",
+    "go.uber.org/zap",
     "golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer",
     "k8s.io/api/apps/v1",
     "k8s.io/api/core/v1",
@@ -947,6 +948,7 @@
     "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/envtest",
     "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/event",
     "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/handler",
+    "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap",
     "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager",
     "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/predicate",
     "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile",
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index 157f81c46..66f73c1f9 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -46,3 +46,6 @@ required = [
   source = "https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify.git"
   version="v1.4.7"
 
+[[constraint]]
+  name="sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+  version="v0.2.2"
diff --git a/pkg/logging/logging.go b/pkg/logging/logging.go
index 86076892a..752d53e04 100644
--- a/pkg/logging/logging.go
+++ b/pkg/logging/logging.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ package logging
 
 import (
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	runtimezap "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
 	runtimelog "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/runtime/log"
 )
 
@@ -34,8 +36,29 @@ var (
 	// Logger is the base logger used by Crossplane. It delegates to another
 	// logr.Logger. You *must* call SetLogger to get any actual logging.
 	Logger = logger.WithName("crossplane")
+
+	// ZapLogger is a Logger implementation.
+	ZapLogger = zapLogger
 )
 
+// zapLogger is Logger implementation of controller runtime.
+// If development is true, a Zap development config will be used
+// (stacktraces on warnings, no sampling), otherwise a Zap production
+// config will be used (stacktraces on errors, sampling).
+// If disableStacktrace is true, stacktraces enabled on fatals
+// independent of config.
+func zapLogger(development bool, disableStacktrace bool) logr.Logger {
+	o := func(o *runtimezap.Options) {
+		o.Development = development
+		if disableStacktrace {
+			lvl := zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(zap.FatalLevel)
+			o.StacktraceLevel = &lvl
+		}
+	}
+
+	return runtimezap.New(o)
+}
+
 // SetLogger sets a concrete logging implementation for all deferred Loggers.
 func SetLogger(l logr.Logger) {
 	logger.Fulfill(l)