diff --git a/jobs/gorouter/spec b/jobs/gorouter/spec
index 8247cbe7b..66e526667 100644
--- a/jobs/gorouter/spec
+++ b/jobs/gorouter/spec
@@ -278,6 +278,15 @@ properties:
   router.enable_log_attempts_details:
     description: "Log additional fields in the access log that provide more details on the specific timings and attempts performed towards endpoints."
     default: false
+  router.logging.syslog_tag:
+    description: "Tag to use when writing syslog messages"
+    default: "vcap.gorouter"
+  router.logging.syslog_addr:
+    description: "Address of a syslog server to send access logs"
+    default: "localhost:514"
+  router.logging.syslog_network:
+    description: "Network protocol to use when connecting to the syslog server. Valid values are 'tcp', 'udp', <empty>. When choosing an empty string value, the local syslog daemon is used."
+    default: "udp"
   router.logging.format.timestamp:
     description: |
       Format for timestamp in component logs. Valid values are 'rfc3339', 'deprecated', and 'unix-epoch'."
@@ -496,6 +505,9 @@ properties:
   router.write_access_logs_locally:
     description: "Enables writing access log to local disk."
     default: true
+  router.enable_access_log_streaming:
+    description: "Enables streaming access log to syslog server."
+    default: false
   router.suspend_pruning_if_nats_unavailable:
     description: |
       Suspend pruning of routes when NATs is unavailable and maintain the
diff --git a/jobs/gorouter/templates/gorouter.yml.erb b/jobs/gorouter/templates/gorouter.yml.erb
index 508050fce..f3a7e4a7f 100644
--- a/jobs/gorouter/templates/gorouter.yml.erb
+++ b/jobs/gorouter/templates/gorouter.yml.erb
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ params = {
   'sticky_sessions_for_auth_negotiate' => p('router.sticky_sessions_for_auth_negotiate'),
   'access_log' => {
     'file' => access_log_file,
+    'enable_streaming' => p('router.enable_access_log_streaming')
   },
   'publish_start_message_interval' => '30s',
   'prune_stale_droplets_interval' => '30s',
@@ -374,7 +375,9 @@ if timestamp_format == 'deprecated'
 end
 
 params['logging'] = {
-  'syslog' => 'vcap.gorouter',
+  'syslog' => p('router.logging.syslog_tag'),
+  'syslog_addr' => p('router.logging.syslog_addr'),
+  'syslog_network' => p('router.logging.syslog_network'),
   'level' => p('router.logging_level'),
   'loggregator_enabled' => true,
   'metron_address' => "localhost:#{p('metron.port')}",
diff --git a/spec/gorouter_templates_spec.rb b/spec/gorouter_templates_spec.rb
index c38de84bf..123371307 100644
--- a/spec/gorouter_templates_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/gorouter_templates_spec.rb
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@
           end
         end
 
-        fcontext 'when the timestamp format is set to deprecated' do
+        context 'when the timestamp format is set to deprecated' do
           before do
             deployment_manifest_fragment['router']['logging'] = { 'format' => { 'timestamp' => 'deprecated' } }
           end
@@ -1248,6 +1248,46 @@
             expect(parsed_yaml['logging']['enable_attempts_details']).to eq(true)
           end
         end
+
+        context 'when access log streaming via syslog is enabled' do
+          before do
+            deployment_manifest_fragment['router']['write_access_logs_locally'] = false
+            deployment_manifest_fragment['router']['enable_access_log_streaming'] = true
+          end
+          it 'it properly sets the value' do
+            expect(parsed_yaml['access_log']['file']).to eq('')
+            expect(parsed_yaml['access_log']['enable_streaming']).to eq(true)
+          end
+          it 'it properly sets default values' do
+            expect(parsed_yaml['logging']['syslog']).to eq('vcap.gorouter')
+            expect(parsed_yaml['logging']['syslog_addr']).to eq('localhost:514')
+            expect(parsed_yaml['logging']['syslog_network']).to eq('udp')
+          end
+          context 'when syslog tag is set' do
+            before do
+              deployment_manifest_fragment['router']['logging'] = { 'syslog_tag' => 'funny.cat' }
+            end
+            it 'it properly sets the value' do
+              expect(parsed_yaml['logging']['syslog']).to eq('funny.cat')
+            end
+          end
+          context 'when syslog address is set' do
+            before do
+              deployment_manifest_fragment['router']['logging'] = { 'syslog_addr' => '10.0.1.2:1234' }
+            end
+            it 'it properly sets the value' do
+              expect(parsed_yaml['logging']['syslog_addr']).to eq('10.0.1.2:1234')
+            end
+          end
+          context 'when syslog network protocol is set' do
+            before do
+              deployment_manifest_fragment['router']['logging'] = { 'syslog_network' => 'tcp' }
+            end
+            it 'it properly sets default values' do
+              expect(parsed_yaml['logging']['syslog_network']).to eq('tcp')
+            end
+          end
+        end
       end
 
       context 'tracing' do