diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 55109aad2219..dba310c0babd 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@
   revision = "61153c768f31ee5f130071d08fc82b85208528de"
   version = "v1.1.0"
 
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/cenkalti/backoff"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "1e4cf3da559842a91afcb6ea6141451e6c30c618"
+  version = "v2.1.1"
+
 [[projects]]
   name = "github.com/certifi/gocertifi"
   packages = ["."]
@@ -207,6 +213,11 @@
   revision = "b1ce49cb2a474f4416531e7395373eaafaa4fbe2"
   version = "v1.0.0"
 
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/cockroachdb/circuitbreaker"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "a614b14ccf63dd2311d4ff646c30c61b8ed34aa"
+
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
   name = "github.com/cockroachdb/cmux"
@@ -937,12 +948,6 @@
   ]
   revision = "1f30fe9094a513ce4c700b9a54458bbb0c96996c"
 
-[[projects]]
-  branch = "master"
-  name = "github.com/rubyist/circuitbreaker"
-  packages = ["."]
-  revision = "2074adba5ddc7d5f7559448a9c3066573521c5bf"
-
 [[projects]]
   name = "github.com/russross/blackfriday"
   packages = ["."]
@@ -1235,6 +1240,6 @@
 [solve-meta]
   analyzer-name = "dep"
   analyzer-version = 1
-  inputs-digest = "3f17f79398b9d0ebd6aaaaf0f901bc5b0f8818abe58f95211356691e746ff3ff"
+  inputs-digest = "8cf1fa12e173a7194b9af15d74137b8163c2d7ba9a19b424321bb684467574e2"
   solver-name = "gps-cdcl"
   solver-version = 1
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index 26aacfa03163..f5ab206eddf3 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@ ignored = [
   name = "github.com/montanaflynn/stats"
   branch = "master"
 
-# https://github.com/rubyist/circuitbreaker/commit/af95830
-[[constraint]]
-  name = "github.com/rubyist/circuitbreaker"
-  branch = "master"
-
 # github.com/docker/docker depends on a few functions not included in the
 # latest release: reference.{FamiliarName,ParseNormalizedNamed,TagNameOnly}.
 #
@@ -93,3 +88,7 @@ ignored = [
   [[prune.project]]
     name = "github.com/knz/go-libedit"
     unused-packages = false
+
+[[constraint]]
+  name = "github.com/cockroachdb/circuitbreaker"
+  revision = "a614b14ccf63dd2311d4ff646c30c61b8ed34aa"
diff --git a/pkg/gossip/client.go b/pkg/gossip/client.go
index 0c97cae0edd2..84f72107dc4a 100644
--- a/pkg/gossip/client.go
+++ b/pkg/gossip/client.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	circuit "github.com/cockroachdb/circuitbreaker"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	circuit "github.com/rubyist/circuitbreaker"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachpb"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/rpc"
diff --git a/pkg/gossip/client_test.go b/pkg/gossip/client_test.go
index 693d68ded6eb..c59d8573196b 100644
--- a/pkg/gossip/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/gossip/client_test.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func gossipSucceedsSoon(
 			// If the client wasn't able to connect, restart it.
 			g := gossip[client]
 			g.mu.Lock()
-			client.startLocked(g, disconnected, rpcContext, stopper, rpcContext.NewBreaker())
+			client.startLocked(g, disconnected, rpcContext, stopper, rpcContext.NewBreaker(""))
 			g.mu.Unlock()
 		default:
 		}
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func TestClientNodeID(t *testing.T) {
 		case <-disconnected:
 			// The client hasn't been started or failed to start, loop and try again.
 			local.mu.Lock()
-			c.startLocked(local, disconnected, rpcContext, stopper, rpcContext.NewBreaker())
+			c.startLocked(local, disconnected, rpcContext, stopper, rpcContext.NewBreaker(""))
 			local.mu.Unlock()
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/gossip/gossip.go b/pkg/gossip/gossip.go
index 2ae885ebec2a..26b6fbf8823e 100644
--- a/pkg/gossip/gossip.go
+++ b/pkg/gossip/gossip.go
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ import (
 
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
+	circuit "github.com/cockroachdb/circuitbreaker"
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	circuit "github.com/rubyist/circuitbreaker"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/base"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/config"
@@ -1345,7 +1345,8 @@ func (g *Gossip) startClientLocked(addr net.Addr) {
 	defer g.clientsMu.Unlock()
 	breaker, ok := g.clientsMu.breakers[addr.String()]
 	if !ok {
-		breaker = g.rpcContext.NewBreaker()
+		name := fmt.Sprintf("gossip %v->%v", g.rpcContext.Addr, addr)
+		breaker = g.rpcContext.NewBreaker(name)
 		g.clientsMu.breakers[addr.String()] = breaker
 	}
 	ctx := g.AnnotateCtx(context.TODO())
diff --git a/pkg/gossip/gossip_test.go b/pkg/gossip/gossip_test.go
index 8d1e0c13af9b..c9985eb92301 100644
--- a/pkg/gossip/gossip_test.go
+++ b/pkg/gossip/gossip_test.go
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func TestGossipNoForwardSelf(t *testing.T) {
 			localAddr := local.GetNodeAddr()
 			c := newClient(log.AmbientContext{Tracer: tracing.NewTracer()}, localAddr, makeMetrics())
 			peer.mu.Lock()
-			c.startLocked(peer, disconnectedCh, peer.rpcContext, stopper, peer.rpcContext.NewBreaker())
+			c.startLocked(peer, disconnectedCh, peer.rpcContext, stopper, peer.rpcContext.NewBreaker(""))
 			peer.mu.Unlock()
 
 			disconnectedClient := <-disconnectedCh
diff --git a/pkg/rpc/breaker.go b/pkg/rpc/breaker.go
index db9ca015a6f6..09dffb04c991 100644
--- a/pkg/rpc/breaker.go
+++ b/pkg/rpc/breaker.go
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@
 package rpc
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/cenk/backoff"
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff"
+	circuit "github.com/cockroachdb/circuitbreaker"
 	"github.com/facebookgo/clock"
-	"github.com/rubyist/circuitbreaker"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/hlc"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/log"
 )
 
 const maxBackoff = time.Second
@@ -90,10 +92,29 @@ func newBackOff(clock backoff.Clock) backoff.BackOff {
 	return b
 }
 
-func newBreaker(clock clock.Clock) *circuit.Breaker {
+func newBreaker(ctx context.Context, name string, clock clock.Clock) *circuit.Breaker {
 	return circuit.NewBreakerWithOptions(&circuit.Options{
+		Name:       name,
 		BackOff:    newBackOff(clock),
 		Clock:      clock,
 		ShouldTrip: circuit.ThresholdTripFunc(1),
+		Logger:     breakerLogger{ctx},
 	})
 }
+
+// breakerLogger implements circuit.Logger to expose logging from the
+// circuitbreaker package. Debugf is logged with a vmodule level of 2 so to see
+// the circuitbreaker debug messages set --vmodule=breaker=2
+type breakerLogger struct {
+	ctx context.Context
+}
+
+func (r breakerLogger) Debugf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	if log.V(2) {
+		log.InfofDepth(r.ctx, 1, format, v...)
+	}
+}
+
+func (r breakerLogger) Infof(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	log.InfofDepth(r.ctx, 1, format, v...)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/rpc/context.go b/pkg/rpc/context.go
index ef2f623fc5a1..5b908bf6b27f 100644
--- a/pkg/rpc/context.go
+++ b/pkg/rpc/context.go
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	circuit "github.com/cockroachdb/circuitbreaker"
 	"github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-opentracing/go/otgrpc"
 	opentracing "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"github.com/rubyist/circuitbreaker"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/syncmap"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
@@ -578,12 +578,13 @@ func (ctx *Context) GRPCDial(target string) *Connection {
 }
 
 // NewBreaker creates a new circuit breaker properly configured for RPC
-// connections.
-func (ctx *Context) NewBreaker() *circuit.Breaker {
+// connections. name is used internally for logging state changes of the
+// returned breaker.
+func (ctx *Context) NewBreaker(name string) *circuit.Breaker {
 	if ctx.BreakerFactory != nil {
 		return ctx.BreakerFactory()
 	}
-	return newBreaker(&ctx.breakerClock)
+	return newBreaker(ctx.masterCtx, name, &ctx.breakerClock)
 }
 
 // ErrNotConnected is returned by ConnHealth when there is no connection to the
diff --git a/pkg/storage/client_test.go b/pkg/storage/client_test.go
index 7184af2d8c74..0ddd548083ca 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/client_test.go
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cenk/backoff"
+	circuit "github.com/cockroachdb/circuitbreaker"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft"
 	"github.com/kr/pretty"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	circuit "github.com/rubyist/circuitbreaker"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/base"
diff --git a/pkg/storage/raft_transport.go b/pkg/storage/raft_transport.go
index c01ca8a4e41c..593f731d93f7 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/raft_transport.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/raft_transport.go
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 	"unsafe"
 
+	circuit "github.com/cockroachdb/circuitbreaker"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"github.com/rubyist/circuitbreaker"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/gossip"
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ func (t *RaftTransport) Stop(storeID roachpb.StoreID) {
 func (t *RaftTransport) GetCircuitBreaker(nodeID roachpb.NodeID) *circuit.Breaker {
 	value, ok := t.breakers.Load(int64(nodeID))
 	if !ok {
-		breaker := t.rpcContext.NewBreaker()
+		breaker := t.rpcContext.NewBreaker(fmt.Sprintf("RaftTransport[n%d]", nodeID))
 		value, _ = t.breakers.LoadOrStore(int64(nodeID), unsafe.Pointer(breaker))
 	}
 	return (*circuit.Breaker)(value)
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ func (t *RaftTransport) connectAndProcess(
 		if consecFailures == 0 {
 			log.Warningf(ctx, "raft transport stream to node %d failed: %s", nodeID, err)
 		}
-		breaker.Fail()
+		breaker.Fail(err)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor b/vendor
index cd01c2fb8fb3..1bc089eac7ba 160000
--- a/vendor
+++ b/vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit cd01c2fb8fb3ed45fb71b0332238b182692164d2
+Subproject commit 1bc089eac7ba19bb141a65350258799fa9687e38