diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/__tests__/collector_set.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/__tests__/collector_set.js
index 1a50028c8b0924..7fa677a0ce0a97 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/__tests__/collector_set.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/__tests__/collector_set.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe('CollectorSet', () => {
         onPayload: identity
       });
 
-      collectors.register(new Collector({
+      collectors.register(new Collector(server, {
         type: 'type_collector_test',
         fetchAfterInit: true,
         init,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe('CollectorSet', () => {
       });
 
       fetch = () => ({ testFetch: true });
-      collectors.register(new Collector({
+      collectors.register(new Collector(server, {
         type: 'type_collector_test',
         fetchAfterInit: true,
         init,
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ describe('CollectorSet', () => {
         onPayload: identity
       });
 
-      collectors.register(new Collector({
+      collectors.register(new Collector(server, {
         type: 'type_collector_test',
         fetchAfterInit: true,
         init,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/collector.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/collector.js
index 2d8a09aece63e2..c7cf9e756e1524 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/collector.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/collector.js
@@ -4,28 +4,24 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
+import { getCollectorLogger } from '../lib';
+
 export class Collector {
   /*
-   * @param {String} type - property name as the key for the data
-   * @param {Function} init (optional) - initialization function
-   * @param {Function} fetch - function to query data
-   * @param {Function} cleanup (optional) - cleanup function
-   * @param {Boolean} fetchAfterInit (optional) - if collector should fetch immediately after init
+   * @param {Object} server - server object
+   * @param {String} properties.type - property name as the key for the data
+   * @param {Function} properties.init (optional) - initialization function
+   * @param {Function} properties.fetch - function to query data
+   * @param {Function} properties.cleanup (optional) - cleanup function
+   * @param {Boolean} properties.fetchAfterInit (optional) - if collector should fetch immediately after init
    */
-  constructor({ type, init, fetch, cleanup, fetchAfterInit }) {
+  constructor(server, { type, init, fetch, cleanup, fetchAfterInit }) {
     this.type = type;
     this.init = init;
     this.fetch = fetch;
     this.cleanup = cleanup;
-
     this.fetchAfterInit = fetchAfterInit;
-  }
 
-  /*
-   * Allows using `server.log('debug', message)` as `this.log.debug(message)`.
-   * Works for info and warn logs as well.
-   */
-  setLogger(logger) {
-    this.log = logger;
+    this.log = getCollectorLogger(server);
   }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/collector_set.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/collector_set.js
index 52cbb1f7ef89a5..4bef06061510dd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/collector_set.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/collector_set.js
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@
  */
 
 import { flatten, isEmpty } from 'lodash';
-import { LOGGING_TAG, KIBANA_MONITORING_LOGGING_TAG } from '../../../common/constants';
 import Promise from 'bluebird';
+import { getCollectorLogger } from '../lib';
 import { Collector } from './collector';
 import { UsageCollector } from './usage_collector';
 
-const LOGGING_TAGS = [LOGGING_TAG, KIBANA_MONITORING_LOGGING_TAG];
-
 /*
  * A collector object has types registered into it with the register(type)
  * function. Each type that gets registered defines how to fetch its own data
@@ -20,10 +18,10 @@ const LOGGING_TAGS = [LOGGING_TAG, KIBANA_MONITORING_LOGGING_TAG];
 export class CollectorSet {
 
   /*
-   * @param server {Object} server object
-   * @param options.interval {Number} in milliseconds
-   * @param options.combineTypes {Function}
-   * @param options.onPayload {Function}
+   * @param {Object} server - server object
+   * @param {Number} options.interval - in milliseconds
+   * @param {Function} options.combineTypes
+   * @param {Function} options.onPayload
    */
   constructor(server, { interval, combineTypes, onPayload }) {
     this._collectors = [];
@@ -39,11 +37,7 @@ export class CollectorSet {
       throw new Error('onPayload function is required');
     }
 
-    this._log = {
-      debug: message => server.log(['debug', ...LOGGING_TAGS], message),
-      info: message => server.log(['info', ...LOGGING_TAGS], message),
-      warn: message => server.log(['warning', ...LOGGING_TAGS], message)
-    };
+    this._log = getCollectorLogger(server);
 
     this._interval = interval;
     this._combineTypes = combineTypes;
@@ -51,14 +45,13 @@ export class CollectorSet {
   }
 
   /*
-   * @param {Collector} collector object
+   * @param collector {Collector} collector object
    */
   register(collector) {
     // check instanceof
     if (!(collector instanceof Collector)) {
       throw new Error('CollectorSet can only have Collector instances registered');
     }
-    collector.setLogger(this._log);
     this._collectors.push(collector);
   }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/usage_collector.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/usage_collector.js
index a42c55103bfdcb..97e10e1c5bf16e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/usage_collector.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/classes/usage_collector.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import { Collector } from './collector';
 
 export class UsageCollector extends Collector {
-  constructor(properties) {
-    super(properties);
+  constructor(server, properties) {
+    super(server, properties);
   }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/__tests__/get_kibana_usage_collector.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/__tests__/get_kibana_usage_collector.js
index 2c6be29963a76e..27ce2c773eabb5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/__tests__/get_kibana_usage_collector.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/__tests__/get_kibana_usage_collector.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ describe('getKibanaUsageCollector', () => {
           getCluster: sinon.stub()
         }
       },
-      config: () => ({ get: sinon.stub() })
+      config: () => ({ get: sinon.stub() }),
+      log: sinon.stub(),
     };
     serverStub.plugins.elasticsearch.getCluster.withArgs('admin').returns(clusterStub);
     callClusterStub = callClusterFactory(serverStub).getCallClusterInternal();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_kibana_usage_collector.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_kibana_usage_collector.js
index 859d6be2c9c3e1..304ac5643d7740 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_kibana_usage_collector.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_kibana_usage_collector.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const TYPES = [
  * Fetches saved object client counts by querying the saved object index
  */
 export function getKibanaUsageCollector(server, callCluster) {
-  return new UsageCollector({
+  return new UsageCollector(server, {
     type: KIBANA_USAGE_TYPE,
     async fetch() {
       const index = server.config().get('kibana.index');
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ export function getKibanaUsageCollector(server, callCluster) {
 
       return {
         index,
-
-        // combine the bucketCounts and 0s for types that don't have documents
-        ...TYPES.reduce((acc, type) => ({
+        ...TYPES.reduce((acc, type) => ({ // combine the bucketCounts and 0s for types that don't have documents
           ...acc,
           [snakeCase(type)]: {
             total: bucketCounts[type] || 0
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_ops_stats_collector.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_ops_stats_collector.js
index ea4e4598c143d4..f4ab40258aa8e2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_ops_stats_collector.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_ops_stats_collector.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export function getOpsStatsCollector(server) {
     }, 5 * 1000); // wait 5 seconds to avoid race condition with reloading logging configuration
   });
 
-  return new Collector({
+  return new Collector(server, {
     type: KIBANA_STATS_TYPE,
     init,
     fetch: buffer.flush,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_reporting_usage_collector.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_reporting_usage_collector.js
index b63561ea9ceb63..7b9fd333a3d9cd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_reporting_usage_collector.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_reporting_usage_collector.js
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 
 import { KIBANA_REPORTING_TYPE } from '../../../common/constants';
 import { getReportingUsage } from '../../../../reporting';
+import { UsageCollector } from '../';
 
 export function getReportingUsageCollector(server, callCluster) {
-  return {
+  return new UsageCollector(server, {
     type: KIBANA_REPORTING_TYPE,
     fetch() {
       return getReportingUsage(callCluster, server);
     }
-  };
+  });
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_settings_collector.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_settings_collector.js
index 52bf9936b47ae9..d3d791e3cebf5e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_settings_collector.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/collectors/get_settings_collector.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export function getSettingsCollector(server) {
   const { callWithInternalUser } = server.plugins.elasticsearch.getCluster('admin');
   const config = server.config();
 
-  return new Collector({
+  return new Collector(server, {
     type: KIBANA_SETTINGS_TYPE,
     async fetch() {
       let kibanaSettingsData;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/lib/get_collector_logger.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/lib/get_collector_logger.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..463b19a35bd0cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/lib/get_collector_logger.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { LOGGING_TAG, KIBANA_MONITORING_LOGGING_TAG } from '../../../common/constants';
+
+const LOGGING_TAGS = [LOGGING_TAG, KIBANA_MONITORING_LOGGING_TAG];
+
+/*
+ * @param {Object} server
+ * @return {Object} helpful logger object
+ */
+export function getCollectorLogger(server) {
+  return {
+    debug: message => server.log(['debug', ...LOGGING_TAGS], message),
+    info: message => server.log(['info', ...LOGGING_TAGS], message),
+    warn: message => server.log(['warning', ...LOGGING_TAGS], message)
+  };
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/lib/index.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/lib/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d38fc8ede5604f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/kibana_monitoring/lib/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+export { getCollectorLogger } from './get_collector_logger';