diff --git a/libcontainer/logs/logs.go b/libcontainer/logs/logs.go
index b114a5f50a5..27b96846632 100644
--- a/libcontainer/logs/logs.go
+++ b/libcontainer/logs/logs.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	LogFormat   string
 	LogFilePath string
 	LogPipeFd   int
+	LogCaller   bool
 }
 
 func ForwardLogs(logPipe io.ReadCloser) chan error {
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ func ConfigureLogging(config Config) error {
 	}
 
 	logrus.SetLevel(config.LogLevel)
+	logrus.SetReportCaller(config.LogCaller)
 
 	// XXX: while 0 is a valid fd (usually stdin), here we assume
 	// that we never deliberately set LogPipeFd to 0.
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2b54970930e..328ea30c77a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ func createLogConfig(context *cli.Context) logs.Config {
 		LogLevel:    logrus.InfoLevel,
 		LogFilePath: logFilePath,
 		LogFormat:   context.GlobalString("log-format"),
+		LogCaller:   context.GlobalBool("debug"),
 	}
 	if context.GlobalBool("debug") {
 		config.LogLevel = logrus.DebugLevel