diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7e89cfd1..c7dd968c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ FROM       golang:onbuild
 MAINTAINER Prometheus Team <prometheus-developers@googlegroups.com>
 
 ENTRYPOINT [ "go-wrapper", "run" ]
-CMD        [ "-logtostderr" ]
 EXPOSE     9100
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b19fe372..4627b678 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@ collectors.
     make
     ./node_exporter <flags>
 
-The node_exporter uses the [glog][glog] library for logging. With the default
-parameters, nothing will be logged. Use `-logtostderr` to enable logging to
-stderr and `--help` to see more options about logging.
-
-[glog]: https://godoc.org/github.com/golang/glog
-
 ## Running tests
 
     make test
diff --git a/collector/diskstats.go b/collector/diskstats.go
index 1f61db20..57c703bc 100644
--- a/collector/diskstats.go
+++ b/collector/diskstats.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/log"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ var (
 )
 
 type diskstatsCollector struct {
-	
 	ignoredDevicesPattern *regexp.Regexp
 	metrics               []prometheus.Collector
 }
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ func (c *diskstatsCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (err error) {
 
 	for dev, stats := range diskStats {
 		if c.ignoredDevicesPattern.MatchString(dev) {
-			glog.V(1).Infof("Ignoring device: %s", dev)
+			log.Debugf("Ignoring device: %s", dev)
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/collector/filesystem.go b/collector/filesystem.go
index 0640571a..d6b635b2 100644
--- a/collector/filesystem.go
+++ b/collector/filesystem.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/log"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ var (
 )
 
 type filesystemCollector struct {
-	
 	ignoredMountPointsPattern *regexp.Regexp
 
 	size, free, avail, files, filesFree *prometheus.GaugeVec
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ func NewFilesystemCollector() (Collector, error) {
 	var filesystemLabelNames = []string{"filesystem"}
 
 	return &filesystemCollector{
-		
 		ignoredMountPointsPattern: regexp.MustCompile(*ignoredMountPoints),
 		size: prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
 			prometheus.GaugeOpts{
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ func (c *filesystemCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (err error) {
 	}
 	for _, mp := range mps {
 		if c.ignoredMountPointsPattern.MatchString(mp) {
-			glog.V(1).Infof("Ignoring mount point: %s", mp)
+			log.Debugf("Ignoring mount point: %s", mp)
 			continue
 		}
 		buf := new(syscall.Statfs_t)
diff --git a/collector/gmond.go b/collector/gmond.go
index 4694d085..67701268 100644
--- a/collector/gmond.go
+++ b/collector/gmond.go
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/log"
+
 	"github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/collector/ganglia"
 )
 
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ const (
 
 type gmondCollector struct {
 	metrics map[string]*prometheus.GaugeVec
-	
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func NewGmondCollector() (Collector, error) {
 
 func (c *gmondCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (err error) {
 	conn, err := net.Dial(gangliaProto, gangliaAddress)
-	glog.V(1).Infof("gmondCollector Update")
+	log.Debugf("gmondCollector Update")
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Can't connect to gmond: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (c *gmondCollector) setMetric(name, cluster string, metric ganglia.Metric)
 				break
 			}
 		}
-		glog.V(1).Infof("Register %s: %s", name, desc)
+		log.Debugf("Register %s: %s", name, desc)
 		c.metrics[name] = prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
 			prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 				Namespace: gangliaNamespace,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (c *gmondCollector) setMetric(name, cluster string, metric ganglia.Metric)
 			[]string{"cluster"},
 		)
 	}
-	glog.V(1).Infof("Set %s{cluster=%q}: %f", name, cluster, metric.Value)
+	log.Debugf("Set %s{cluster=%q}: %f", name, cluster, metric.Value)
 	c.metrics[name].WithLabelValues(cluster).Set(metric.Value)
 }
 
diff --git a/collector/interrupts.go b/collector/interrupts.go
index 6ec40737..aebe184b 100644
--- a/collector/interrupts.go
+++ b/collector/interrupts.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 type interruptsCollector struct {
-	
 	metric *prometheus.CounterVec
 }
 
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ func init() {
 // interrupts stats
 func NewInterruptsCollector() (Collector, error) {
 	return &interruptsCollector{
-		
 		metric: prometheus.NewCounterVec(
 			prometheus.CounterOpts{
 				Namespace: Namespace,
diff --git a/collector/lastlogin.go b/collector/lastlogin.go
index 05aee4a1..1a0c39dd 100644
--- a/collector/lastlogin.go
+++ b/collector/lastlogin.go
@@ -10,14 +10,13 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/log"
 )
 
 const lastLoginSubsystem = "last_login"
 
 type lastLoginCollector struct {
-	
 	metric prometheus.Gauge
 }
 
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ func init() {
 // load, seconds since last login and a list of tags as specified by config.
 func NewLastLoginCollector() (Collector, error) {
 	return &lastLoginCollector{
-		
 		metric: prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Namespace: Namespace,
 			Subsystem: lastLoginSubsystem,
@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ func (c *lastLoginCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Couldn't get last seen: %s", err)
 	}
-	glog.V(1).Infof("Set node_last_login_time: %f", last)
+	log.Debugf("Set node_last_login_time: %f", last)
 	c.metric.Set(last)
 	c.metric.Collect(ch)
 	return err
diff --git a/collector/loadavg.go b/collector/loadavg.go
index 8f40e1dc..bdf72988 100644
--- a/collector/loadavg.go
+++ b/collector/loadavg.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/log"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 type loadavgCollector struct {
-	
 	metric prometheus.Gauge
 }
 
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ func init() {
 // load, seconds since last login and a list of tags as specified by config.
 func NewLoadavgCollector() (Collector, error) {
 	return &loadavgCollector{
-		
 		metric: prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Namespace: Namespace,
 			Name:      "load1",
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ func (c *loadavgCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Couldn't get load: %s", err)
 	}
-	glog.V(1).Infof("Set node_load: %f", load)
+	log.Debugf("Set node_load: %f", load)
 	c.metric.Set(load)
 	c.metric.Collect(ch)
 	return err
diff --git a/collector/megacli.go b/collector/megacli.go
index e83eb49b..f66da864 100644
--- a/collector/megacli.go
+++ b/collector/megacli.go
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ func init() {
 // RAID status through megacli.
 func NewMegaCliCollector() (Collector, error) {
 	return &megaCliCollector{
-		
-		cli:    *megacliCommand,
+		cli: *megacliCommand,
 		driveTemperature: prometheus.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Namespace: Namespace,
 			Name:      "megacli_drive_temperature_celsius",
diff --git a/collector/meminfo.go b/collector/meminfo.go
index 434e5bc6..5ed920b1 100644
--- a/collector/meminfo.go
+++ b/collector/meminfo.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/log"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 type meminfoCollector struct {
-	
 	metrics map[string]prometheus.Gauge
 }
 
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ func (c *meminfoCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Couldn't get meminfo: %s", err)
 	}
-	glog.V(1).Infof("Set node_mem: %#v", memInfo)
+	log.Debugf("Set node_mem: %#v", memInfo)
 	for k, v := range memInfo {
 		if _, ok := c.metrics[k]; !ok {
 			c.metrics[k] = prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
diff --git a/collector/netdev.go b/collector/netdev.go
index 1df32919..a630ff16 100644
--- a/collector/netdev.go
+++ b/collector/netdev.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ var (
 )
 
 type netDevCollector struct {
-	
 	metrics map[string]*prometheus.GaugeVec
 }
 
diff --git a/collector/netstat.go b/collector/netstat.go
index 6e93b6a6..67b9fba1 100644
--- a/collector/netstat.go
+++ b/collector/netstat.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 type netStatCollector struct {
-	
 	metrics map[string]prometheus.Gauge
 }
 
diff --git a/collector/ntp.go b/collector/ntp.go
index 844ecd49..53b181fa 100644
--- a/collector/ntp.go
+++ b/collector/ntp.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/beevik/ntp"
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/log"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (c *ntpCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (err error) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Couldn't get ntp drift: %s", err)
 	}
 	drift := t.Sub(time.Now())
-	glog.V(1).Infof("Set ntp_drift_seconds: %f", drift.Seconds())
+	log.Debugf("Set ntp_drift_seconds: %f", drift.Seconds())
 	c.drift.Set(drift.Seconds())
 	c.drift.Collect(ch)
 	return err
diff --git a/collector/runit.go b/collector/runit.go
index abb23f1a..72ab685c 100644
--- a/collector/runit.go
+++ b/collector/runit.go
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@
 package collector
 
 import (
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/log"
 	"github.com/soundcloud/go-runit/runit"
 )
 
 type runitCollector struct {
-	
-
 	state, stateDesired, stateNormal *prometheus.GaugeVec
 }
 
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@ func NewRunitCollector() (Collector, error) {
 	)
 
 	return &runitCollector{
-		
 		state: prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
 			prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 				Namespace:   Namespace,
@@ -69,11 +66,11 @@ func (c *runitCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) error {
 	for _, service := range services {
 		status, err := service.Status()
 		if err != nil {
-			glog.V(1).Infof("Couldn't get status for %s: %s, skipping...", service.Name, err)
+			log.Debugf("Couldn't get status for %s: %s, skipping...", service.Name, err)
 			continue
 		}
 
-		glog.V(1).Infof("%s is %d on pid %d for %d seconds", service.Name, status.State, status.Pid, status.Duration)
+		log.Debugf("%s is %d on pid %d for %d seconds", service.Name, status.State, status.Pid, status.Duration)
 		c.state.WithLabelValues(service.Name).Set(float64(status.State))
 		c.stateDesired.WithLabelValues(service.Name).Set(float64(status.Want))
 		if status.NormallyUp {
diff --git a/collector/stat.go b/collector/stat.go
index 68b7e409..80ceb3d8 100644
--- a/collector/stat.go
+++ b/collector/stat.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 type statCollector struct {
-	
 	cpu          *prometheus.CounterVec
 	intr         prometheus.Counter
 	ctxt         prometheus.Counter
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ func init() {
 // network device stats.
 func NewStatCollector() (Collector, error) {
 	return &statCollector{
-		
 		cpu: prometheus.NewCounterVec(
 			prometheus.CounterOpts{
 				Namespace: Namespace,
diff --git a/collector/tcpstat.go b/collector/tcpstat.go
index 1584f8f9..2753b45c 100644
--- a/collector/tcpstat.go
+++ b/collector/tcpstat.go
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 type tcpStatCollector struct {
-	
 	metric *prometheus.GaugeVec
 }
 
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ func init() {
 // a new Collector exposing network stats.
 func NewTCPStatCollector() (Collector, error) {
 	return &tcpStatCollector{
-		
 		metric: prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
 			prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 				Namespace: Namespace,
diff --git a/collector/textfile.go b/collector/textfile.go
index 382274b7..0950ad94 100644
--- a/collector/textfile.go
+++ b/collector/textfile.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import (
 
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/prometheus/log"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/text"
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func NewTextFileCollector() (Collector, error) {
 	if *textFileDirectory == "" {
 		// This collector is enabled by default, so do not fail if
 		// the flag is not passed.
-		glog.Infof("No directory specified, see --textfile.directory")
+		log.Infof("No directory specified, see --textfile.directory")
 	} else {
 		prometheus.SetMetricFamilyInjectionHook(parseTextFiles)
 	}
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ func parseTextFiles() []*dto.MetricFamily {
 		path := filepath.Join(*textFileDirectory, f.Name())
 		file, err := os.Open(path)
 		if err != nil {
-			glog.Errorf("Error opening %s: %v", path, err)
+			log.Errorf("Error opening %s: %v", path, err)
 			error = 1.0
 			continue
 		}
 		parsedFamilies, err := parser.TextToMetricFamilies(file)
 		if err != nil {
-			glog.Errorf("Error parsing %s: %v", path, err)
+			log.Errorf("Error parsing %s: %v", path, err)
 			error = 1.0
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/collector/time.go b/collector/time.go
index 6a0ba69d..9c848046 100644
--- a/collector/time.go
+++ b/collector/time.go
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ package collector
 import (
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/log"
 )
 
 type timeCollector struct {
-	
 	metric prometheus.Counter
 }
 
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ func init() {
 // the current system time in seconds since epoch.
 func NewTimeCollector() (Collector, error) {
 	return &timeCollector{
-		
 		metric: prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Namespace: Namespace,
 			Name:      "time",
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ func NewTimeCollector() (Collector, error) {
 
 func (c *timeCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (err error) {
 	now := time.Now()
-	glog.V(1).Infof("Set time: %f", now.Unix())
+	log.Debugf("Set time: %f", now.Unix())
 	c.metric.Set(float64(now.Unix()))
 	c.metric.Collect(ch)
 	return err
diff --git a/node_exporter.go b/node_exporter.go
index 7c7911a1..dcd6bb45 100644
--- a/node_exporter.go
+++ b/node_exporter.go
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/log"
+
 	"github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/collector"
 )
 
@@ -93,10 +94,10 @@ func Execute(name string, c collector.Collector, ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 	var result string
 
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.Infof("ERROR: %s failed after %fs: %s", name, duration.Seconds(), err)
+		log.Infof("ERROR: %s failed after %fs: %s", name, duration.Seconds(), err)
 		result = "error"
 	} else {
-		glog.Infof("OK: %s success after %fs.", name, duration.Seconds())
+		log.Infof("OK: %s success after %fs.", name, duration.Seconds())
 		result = "success"
 	}
 	scrapeDurations.WithLabelValues(name, result).Observe(duration.Seconds())
@@ -135,12 +136,12 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	collectors, err := loadCollectors()
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.Fatalf("Couldn't load collectors: %s", err)
+		log.Fatalf("Couldn't load collectors: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	glog.Infof("Enabled collectors:")
+	log.Infof("Enabled collectors:")
 	for n, _ := range collectors {
-		glog.Infof(" - %s", n)
+		log.Infof(" - %s", n)
 	}
 
 	nodeCollector := NodeCollector{collectors: collectors}
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ func main() {
 	handler := prometheus.Handler()
 	if *authUser != "" || *authPass != "" {
 		if *authUser == "" || *authPass == "" {
-			glog.Fatal("You need to specify -auth.user and -auth.pass to enable basic auth")
+			log.Fatal("You need to specify -auth.user and -auth.pass to enable basic auth")
 		}
 		handler = &basicAuthHandler{
 			handler:  prometheus.Handler().ServeHTTP,
@@ -172,9 +173,9 @@ func main() {
 			</html>`))
 	})
 
-	glog.Infof("Starting node_exporter v%s at %s", Version, *listenAddress)
+	log.Infof("Starting node_exporter v%s at %s", Version, *listenAddress)
 	err = http.ListenAndServe(*listenAddress, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.Fatal(err)
+		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }