diff --git a/playbooks/memcached-install.yml b/playbooks/memcached-install.yml
index 5355665320..9ff72a1405 100644
--- a/playbooks/memcached-install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/memcached-install.yml
@@ -42,10 +42,36 @@
       retries: 3
       tags:
         - ssh-wait
+
+    - name: Create log dir
+      file:
+        path: "/openstack/log/{{ inventory_hostname }}-memcached"
+        state: directory
+      when: is_metal | bool
+      tags:
+        - memcached-logs
+        - memcached-log-dirs
+
+    - name: Create log aggregation links
+      file:
+        src: "/openstack/log/{{ inventory_hostname }}-memcached"
+        dest: "/var/log/memcached"
+        state: "link"
+        force: "yes"
+      when: is_metal | bool
+      tags:
+        - memcached-logs
   roles:
     - { role: "memcached_server", tags: [ "memcached-server" ] }
     - role: "system_crontab_coordination"
       tags:
         - "system-crontab-coordination"
+    - role: "rsyslog_client"
+      rsyslog_client_log_rotate_file: memcached_log_rotate
+      rsyslog_client_log_dir: "/var/log/memcached"
+      rsyslog_client_config_name: "99-memcached-rsyslog-client.conf"
+      tags:
+        - "memcached-rsyslog-client"
+        - "rsyslog-client"
   vars:
     is_metal: "{{ properties.is_metal|default(false) }}"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/memcached-logging-change-8825c2bdbcf824b9.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/memcached-logging-change-8825c2bdbcf824b9.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab25ff7c31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/memcached-logging-change-8825c2bdbcf824b9.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    memcached now logs with multiple levels of verbosity, depending on
+    the user variables. Setting ``debug: True`` enables maximum verbosity while
+    setting ``verbose: True`` logs with an intermediate level.
+
+upgrade:
+  - The memcached log is removed from /var/log/memcached.log and is now
+    stored in the /var/log/memcached folder.