diff --git a/dokku b/dokku
index b6912a8e5..067cc550e 100755
--- a/dokku
+++ b/dokku
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ execute_dokku_cmd() {
     set -- "$PLUGIN_CMD" "$@"
   fi
 
-  if [[ $PLUGIN_NAME =~ git-* ]] || [[ $PLUGIN_NAME =~ git:* ]]; then
+  if [[ $PLUGIN_NAME =~ git-* ]] || [[ "$PLUGIN_NAME" == "ps:rebuild" ]] || [[ "$PLUGIN_NAME" == "ps:restart" ]] || [[ "$PLUGIN_NAME" == "deploy" ]]; then
+    export DOKKU_REDIRECT_OUTPUT=true
     exec &> >(tee >(tee | logger -i -t "dokku-${DOKKU_PID}"))
   fi
 
diff --git a/plugins/common/functions b/plugins/common/functions
index 5bcec750a..27102fc27 100755
--- a/plugins/common/functions
+++ b/plugins/common/functions
@@ -626,6 +626,11 @@ release_and_deploy() {
   declare desc="main function for releasing and deploying an app"
   source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/config/functions"
 
+  if [[ "$DOKKU_REDIRECT_OUTPUT" != "true" ]]; then
+    export DOKKU_REDIRECT_OUTPUT=true
+    exec &> >(tee >(tee | logger -i -t "dokku-${DOKKU_PID}"))
+  fi
+
   local APP="$1"
   local IMAGE_TAG="${2:-latest}"
   local IMAGE=$(get_app_image_name "$APP" "$IMAGE_TAG")
diff --git a/plugins/git/internal-functions b/plugins/git/internal-functions
index 4ef9e1272..30634839b 100755
--- a/plugins/git/internal-functions
+++ b/plugins/git/internal-functions
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ cmd-git-from-archive() {
     dokku_log_fail "Invalid archive type specified, valid archive types include: tar, tar.gz, zip"
   fi
 
+  if [[ "$DOKKU_REDIRECT_OUTPUT" != "true" ]]; then
+    export DOKKU_REDIRECT_OUTPUT=true
+    exec &> >(tee >(tee | logger -i -t "dokku-${DOKKU_PID}"))
+  fi
   plugn trigger git-from-archive "$APP" "$ARCHIVE_URL" "$ARCHIVE_TYPE" "$USER_NAME" "$USER_EMAIL"
   plugn trigger deploy-source-set "$APP" "$ARCHIVE_TYPE" "$ARCHIVE_URL"
 }
@@ -162,6 +166,10 @@ cmd-git-load-image() {
   [[ -z "$DOCKER_IMAGE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a docker image"
   [[ ! -t 0 ]] || dokku_log_fail "Expecting tar archive containing docker image on STDIN"
 
+  if [[ "$DOKKU_REDIRECT_OUTPUT" != "true" ]]; then
+    export DOKKU_REDIRECT_OUTPUT=true
+    exec &> >(tee >(tee | logger -i -t "dokku-${DOKKU_PID}"))
+  fi
   cat | docker load
 
   if ! verify_image "$DOCKER_IMAGE"; then
@@ -215,6 +223,11 @@ cmd-git-from-image() {
     export DOKKU_APPS_FORCE_DELETE=1
   fi
 
+  if [[ "$DOKKU_REDIRECT_OUTPUT" != "true" ]]; then
+    export DOKKU_REDIRECT_OUTPUT=true
+    exec &> >(tee >(tee | logger -i -t "dokku-${DOKKU_PID}"))
+  fi
+
   if ! plugn trigger git-from-image "$APP" "$DOCKER_IMAGE" "$BUILD_DIR" "$USER_NAME" "$USER_EMAIL"; then
     return 1
   fi
@@ -263,6 +276,11 @@ cmd-git-sync() {
   DOKKU_DEPLOY_BRANCH="$(fn-git-deploy-branch "$APP")"
   CURRENT_REF="$(fn-git-cmd "$APP_ROOT" rev-parse "$DOKKU_DEPLOY_BRANCH" 2>/dev/null || true)"
 
+  if [[ "$DOKKU_REDIRECT_OUTPUT" != "true" ]]; then
+    export DOKKU_REDIRECT_OUTPUT=true
+    exec &> >(tee >(tee | logger -i -t "dokku-${DOKKU_PID}"))
+  fi
+
   if ! fn-git-cmd "$APP_ROOT" rev-parse "$DOKKU_DEPLOY_BRANCH" &>/dev/null; then
     dokku_log_info1_quiet "Cloning $APP from $GIT_REMOTE#$GIT_REF"
     fn-git-clone "$APP" "$GIT_REMOTE" "$GIT_REF" "$SKIP_DEPLOY_BRANCH"
diff --git a/plugins/git/receive-app b/plugins/git/receive-app
index ef7f59af1..78821f835 100755
--- a/plugins/git/receive-app
+++ b/plugins/git/receive-app
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ trigger-git-receive-app() {
   declare desc="builds the app from the local git repository"
   declare trigger="receive-app"
 
+  if [[ "$DOKKU_REDIRECT_OUTPUT" != "true" ]]; then
+    export DOKKU_REDIRECT_OUTPUT=true
+    exec &> >(tee >(tee | logger -i -t "dokku-${DOKKU_PID}"))
+  fi
+
   git_receive_app "$@"
   return $?
 }