diff --git a/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/root.go b/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/root.go
index d445187465ad..0f7047f50543 100644
--- a/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/root.go
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "clusterctl",
 	Short: "cluster management",
 	Long:  `Simple kubernetes cluster management`,
+	PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		cmd.Flags().Set("logtostderr", "true")
+	},
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		// Do Stuff Here
 		cmd.Help()
diff --git a/cmd/manager/main.go b/cmd/manager/main.go
index 3e2e7fcefef5..ae607367c69c 100644
--- a/cmd/manager/main.go
+++ b/cmd/manager/main.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	klog.InitFlags(nil)
+	flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	// Get a config to talk to the apiserver