diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-configmap.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-configmap.yaml
index ac0c22f7d3..9d69840455 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-configmap.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-configmap.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 kind: ConfigMap
 apiVersion: v1
 metadata:
-  name: fluentd-es-config-v0.1.3
+  name: fluentd-es-config-v0.1.4
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ data:
     # Examples:
     # time="2016-02-04T06:51:03.053580605Z" level=info msg="GET /containers/json"
     # time="2016-02-04T07:53:57.505612354Z" level=error msg="HTTP Error" err="No such image: -f" statusCode=404
+    # TODO(random-liu): Remove this after cri container runtime rolls out.
     <source>
       @id docker.log
       @type tail
@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ data:
     </source>
 
     # Logs from systemd-journal for interesting services.
+    # TODO(random-liu): Remove this after cri container runtime rolls out.
     <source>
       @id journald-docker
       @type systemd
@@ -319,6 +321,18 @@ data:
       tag docker
     </source>
 
+    <source>
+      @id journald-container-runtime
+      @type systemd
+      filters [{ "_SYSTEMD_UNIT": "{{ container_runtime }}.service" }]
+      <storage>
+        @type local
+        persistent true
+      </storage>
+      read_from_head true
+      tag container-runtime
+    </source>
+
     <source>
       @id journald-kubelet
       @type systemd
diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-ds.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-ds.yaml
index 92222865cc..d27256edfd 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-ds.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-ds.yaml
@@ -113,4 +113,4 @@ spec:
           path: /usr/lib64
       - name: config-volume
         configMap:
-          name: fluentd-es-config-v0.1.3
+          name: fluentd-es-config-v0.1.4
diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap.yaml
index 52c6181f25..919eea4aac 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap.yaml
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ data:
     # Examples:
     # time="2016-02-04T06:51:03.053580605Z" level=info msg="GET /containers/json"
     # time="2016-02-04T07:53:57.505612354Z" level=error msg="HTTP Error" err="No such image: -f" statusCode=404
+    # TODO(random-liu): Remove this after cri container runtime rolls out.
     <source>
       type tail
       format /^time="(?<time>[^)]*)" level=(?<severity>[^ ]*) msg="(?<message>[^"]*)"( err="(?<error>[^"]*)")?( statusCode=($<status_code>\d+))?/
@@ -239,6 +240,8 @@ data:
     </source>
 
     # Logs from systemd-journal for interesting services.
+    # TODO(random-liu): Keep this for compatibility, remove this after
+    # cri container runtime rolls out.
     <source>
       type systemd
       filters [{ "_SYSTEMD_UNIT": "docker.service" }]
@@ -247,6 +250,14 @@ data:
       tag docker
     </source>
 
+    <source>
+      type systemd
+      filters [{ "_SYSTEMD_UNIT": "{{ container_runtime }}.service" }]
+      pos_file /var/log/gcp-journald-container-runtime.pos
+      read_from_head true
+      tag container-runtime
+    </source>
+
     <source>
       type systemd
       filters [{ "_SYSTEMD_UNIT": "kubelet.service" }]
@@ -387,7 +398,7 @@ data:
       num_threads 2
     </match>
 metadata:
-  name: fluentd-gcp-config-v1.2.3
+  name: fluentd-gcp-config-v1.2.4
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
index 415847c3f6..69ccf43a62 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml
@@ -123,4 +123,4 @@ spec:
           path: /usr/lib64
       - name: config-volume
         configMap:
-          name: fluentd-gcp-config-v1.2.3
+          name: fluentd-gcp-config-v1.2.4
diff --git a/cluster/common.sh b/cluster/common.sh
index 1ff5ccd2ab..083ae8feea 100755
--- a/cluster/common.sh
+++ b/cluster/common.sh
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ ENABLE_PROMETHEUS_TO_SD: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_PROMETHEUS_TO_SD:-false})
 ENABLE_POD_PRIORITY: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_POD_PRIORITY:-})
 CONTAINER_RUNTIME: $(yaml-quote ${CONTAINER_RUNTIME:-})
 CONTAINER_RUNTIME_ENDPOINT: $(yaml-quote ${CONTAINER_RUNTIME_ENDPOINT:-})
+CONTAINER_RUNTIME_NAME: $(yaml-quote ${CONTAINER_RUNTIME_NAME:-})
 NODE_LOCAL_SSDS_EXT: $(yaml-quote ${NODE_LOCAL_SSDS_EXT:-})
 LOAD_IMAGE_COMMAND: $(yaml-quote ${LOAD_IMAGE_COMMAND:-})
 EOF
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index c3e59d0bab..e53c9feb24 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ NODE_IMAGE_PROJECT=${KUBE_GCE_NODE_PROJECT:-cos-cloud}
 NODE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT=${KUBE_GCE_NODE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT:-default}
 CONTAINER_RUNTIME=${KUBE_CONTAINER_RUNTIME:-docker}
 CONTAINER_RUNTIME_ENDPOINT=${KUBE_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_ENDPOINT:-}
-LOAD_IMAGE_COMMAND=${KUBE_LOAD_IMAGE_COMMAND:-docker load -i}
+CONTAINER_RUNTIME_NAME=${KUBE_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_NAME:-}
+LOAD_IMAGE_COMMAND=${KUBE_LOAD_IMAGE_COMMAND:-}
 RKT_VERSION=${KUBE_RKT_VERSION:-1.23.0}
 RKT_STAGE1_IMAGE=${KUBE_RKT_STAGE1_IMAGE:-coreos.com/rkt/stage1-coreos}
 # MASTER_EXTRA_METADATA is the extra instance metadata on master instance separated by commas.
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index cddb8d94c8..91b9ca202b 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ NODE_IMAGE_PROJECT=${KUBE_GCE_NODE_PROJECT:-cos-cloud}
 NODE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT=${KUBE_GCE_NODE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT:-default}
 CONTAINER_RUNTIME=${KUBE_CONTAINER_RUNTIME:-docker}
 CONTAINER_RUNTIME_ENDPOINT=${KUBE_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_ENDPOINT:-}
-LOAD_IMAGE_COMMAND=${KUBE_LOAD_IMAGE_COMMAND:-docker load -i}
+CONTAINER_RUNTIME_NAME=${KUBE_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_NAME:-}
+LOAD_IMAGE_COMMAND=${KUBE_LOAD_IMAGE_COMMAND:-}
 GCI_DOCKER_VERSION=${KUBE_GCI_DOCKER_VERSION:-}
 RKT_VERSION=${KUBE_RKT_VERSION:-1.23.0}
 RKT_STAGE1_IMAGE=${KUBE_RKT_STAGE1_IMAGE:-coreos.com/rkt/stage1-coreos}
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 0dc056c4bb..e0712d7aec 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -2028,6 +2028,12 @@ function start-fluentd-resource-update {
   wait-for-apiserver-and-update-fluentd ${fluentd_gcp_yaml} &
 }
 
+# Update {{ container-runtime }} with actual container runtime name.
+function update-container-runtime {
+  local -r configmap_yaml="$1"
+  sed -i -e "s@{{ *container_runtime *}}@${CONTAINER_RUNTIME_NAME:-docker}@g" "${configmap_yaml}"
+}
+
 # Updates parameters in yaml file for prometheus-to-sd configuration, or
 # removes component if it is disabled.
 function update-prometheus-to-sd-parameters {
@@ -2180,15 +2186,19 @@ EOF
      [[ "${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-}" == "elasticsearch" ]] && \
      [[ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING:-}" == "true" ]]; then
     setup-addon-manifests "addons" "fluentd-elasticsearch"
+    local -r fluentd_es_configmap_yaml="${dst_dir}/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-configmap.yaml"
+    update-container-runtime ${fluentd_es_configmap_yaml}
   fi
   if [[ "${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-}" == "true" ]] && \
      [[ "${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-}" == "gcp" ]]; then
     setup-addon-manifests "addons" "fluentd-gcp"
     local -r event_exporter_yaml="${dst_dir}/fluentd-gcp/event-exporter.yaml"
     local -r fluentd_gcp_yaml="${dst_dir}/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-ds.yaml"
+    local -r fluentd_gcp_configmap_yaml="${dst_dir}/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap.yaml"
     update-prometheus-to-sd-parameters ${event_exporter_yaml}
     update-prometheus-to-sd-parameters ${fluentd_gcp_yaml}
     start-fluentd-resource-update ${fluentd_gcp_yaml}
+    update-container-runtime ${fluentd_gcp_configmap_yaml}
   fi
   if [[ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_UI:-}" == "true" ]]; then
     setup-addon-manifests "addons" "dashboard"
diff --git a/test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/stackdrvier/basic.go b/test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/stackdrvier/basic.go
index 7b0f6ff593..435a5d0834 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/stackdrvier/basic.go
+++ b/test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/stackdrvier/basic.go
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ var _ = instrumentation.SIGDescribe("Cluster level logging implemented by Stackd
 				framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 			})
 
-			ginkgo.By("Waiting for some docker logs to be ingested from each node", func() {
+			ginkgo.By("Waiting for some container runtime logs to be ingested from each node", func() {
 				nodeIds := utils.GetNodeIds(f.ClientSet)
-				log := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/logs/docker", framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.ProjectID)
+				log := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/logs/container-runtime", framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.ProjectID)
 				c := utils.NewLogChecker(p, utils.UntilFirstEntryFromLog(log), utils.JustTimeout, nodeIds...)
 				err := utils.WaitForLogs(c, ingestionInterval, ingestionTimeout)
 				framework.ExpectNoError(err)