diff --git a/st2actions/conf/logging.conf b/st2actions/conf/logging.conf
index 949b1fffa8..62ccd6486f 100644
--- a/st2actions/conf/logging.conf
+++ b/st2actions/conf/logging.conf
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ args=(sys.stdout,)
 class=st2common.log.FormatNamedFileHandler
 level=INFO
 formatter=verboseConsoleFormatter
-args=('logs/st2actionrunner.{pid}.log',)
+args=('logs/st2actionrunner.{pack}.log',)
 
 [handler_auditHandler]
 class=st2common.log.FormatNamedFileHandler
 level=AUDIT
 formatter=jsonFormatter
-args=('logs/st2actionrunner.{pid}.audit.log',)
+args=('logs/st2actionrunner.{pack}.audit.log',)
 
 [formatter_simpleConsoleFormatter]
 class=st2common.logging.formatters.ConsoleLogFormatter
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ datefmt=
 
 [formatter_verboseConsoleFormatter]
 class=st2common.logging.formatters.ConsoleLogFormatter
-format=%(asctime)s %(thread)s %(levelname)s %(module)s [-] %(message)s
+format=%(asctime)s %(process)d %(thread)s %(levelname)s %(module)s [-] %(message)s
 datefmt=
 
 [formatter_gelfFormatter]
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ format=%(message)s
 
 [formatter_jsonFormatter]
 class=pythonjsonlogger.jsonlogger.JsonFormatter
-format=%(asctime) %(thread) %(levelname) %(module) %(message)
+format=%(asctime) %(process)d %(thread) %(levelname) %(module) %(message)
diff --git a/st2actions/st2actions/runners/pythonrunner.py b/st2actions/st2actions/runners/pythonrunner.py
index 4e8ab40e0a..e42d294b5e 100644
--- a/st2actions/st2actions/runners/pythonrunner.py
+++ b/st2actions/st2actions/runners/pythonrunner.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import abc
 import json
 import uuid
+import logging.config
 
 import six
 from eventlet.green import subprocess
@@ -77,6 +78,21 @@ def __init__(self, config=None):
     def run(self, **kwargs):
         pass
 
+    def _set_up_logger(self):
+        """
+        Set up a logger which logs all the messages with level INFO
+        and above to stderr.
+        """
+        if '/opt/' in BASE_DIR:
+            from st2actions import config as action_config
+            config_path = action_config.get_logging_config_path()
+        else:
+            config_path = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '../../conf/logging.conf')
+        logging.config.fileConfig(config_path, disable_existing_loggers=False)
+        logger_name = 'actions.python.%s' % (self.__class__.__name__)
+        logger = logging.getLogger(logger_name)
+        return logger
+
 
 class PythonRunner(ActionRunner):
 
diff --git a/st2common/st2common/logging/handlers.py b/st2common/st2common/logging/handlers.py
index ca8beb5521..70f8e71feb 100644
--- a/st2common/st2common/logging/handlers.py
+++ b/st2common/st2common/logging/handlers.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import socket
 import time
 import logging
+import sys
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ def __init__(self, filename, mode='a', maxBytes=0, backupCount=0, encoding=None,
         format_values = {
             'timestamp': timestamp,
             'ts': isotime_str,
-            'pid': pid
+            'pid': pid,
+            'pack': os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[2])).split('/')[-2]
         }
         filename = filename.format(**format_values)
         super(FormatNamedFileHandler, self).__init__(filename, mode=mode, maxBytes=maxBytes,