diff --git a/conf/metrics.properties.template b/conf/metrics.properties.template
index 464c14457e53fcef13f3d3dfa1c5435f2c68c5ef..2e0cb5db170ac99817f306e4ebc2a82d2dfc874d 100644
--- a/conf/metrics.properties.template
+++ b/conf/metrics.properties.template
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@
 
 #worker.sink.csv.unit=minutes
 
+# Enable Slf4jSink for all instances by class name
+#*.sink.slf4j.class=org.apache.spark.metrics.sink.Slf4jSink
+
+# Polling period for Slf4JSink
+#*.sink.sl4j.period=1
+
+#*.sink.sl4j.unit=minutes
+
+
 # Enable jvm source for instance master, worker, driver and executor
 #master.source.jvm.class=org.apache.spark.metrics.source.JvmSource
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/metrics/sink/Slf4jSink.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/metrics/sink/Slf4jSink.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e8b3074e8f1a6a7f042178a5aec9fb8c0deaf559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/metrics/sink/Slf4jSink.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.metrics.sink
+
+import java.util.Properties
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.{Slf4jReporter, MetricRegistry}
+
+import org.apache.spark.SecurityManager
+import org.apache.spark.metrics.MetricsSystem
+
+private[spark] class Slf4jSink(
+    val property: Properties, 
+    val registry: MetricRegistry,
+    securityMgr: SecurityManager) 
+  extends Sink {
+  val SLF4J_DEFAULT_PERIOD = 10
+  val SLF4J_DEFAULT_UNIT = "SECONDS"
+
+  val SLF4J_KEY_PERIOD = "period"
+  val SLF4J_KEY_UNIT = "unit"
+
+  val pollPeriod = Option(property.getProperty(SLF4J_KEY_PERIOD)) match {
+    case Some(s) => s.toInt
+    case None => SLF4J_DEFAULT_PERIOD
+  }
+
+  val pollUnit: TimeUnit = Option(property.getProperty(SLF4J_KEY_UNIT)) match {
+    case Some(s) => TimeUnit.valueOf(s.toUpperCase())
+    case None => TimeUnit.valueOf(SLF4J_DEFAULT_UNIT)
+  }
+
+  MetricsSystem.checkMinimalPollingPeriod(pollUnit, pollPeriod)
+
+  val reporter: Slf4jReporter = Slf4jReporter.forRegistry(registry)
+    .convertDurationsTo(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+    .convertRatesTo(TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+    .build()
+
+  override def start() {
+    reporter.start(pollPeriod, pollUnit)
+  }
+
+  override def stop() {
+    reporter.stop()
+  }
+
+  override def report() {
+    reporter.report()
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/docs/monitoring.md b/docs/monitoring.md
index 7a5cadc171d6ddfdc902194153f6c61b922b752b..009a344dff4bb8d9180a43c2a8ddd36b2894ceb7 100644
--- a/docs/monitoring.md
+++ b/docs/monitoring.md
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ Each instance can report to zero or more _sinks_. Sinks are contained in the
 * `JmxSink`: Registers metrics for viewing in a JMX console.
 * `MetricsServlet`: Adds a servlet within the existing Spark UI to serve metrics data as JSON data.
 * `GraphiteSink`: Sends metrics to a Graphite node.
+* `Slf4jSink`: Sends metrics to slf4j as log entries.
 
 Spark also supports a Ganglia sink which is not included in the default build due to
 licensing restrictions: