diff --git a/virtmanager/src/crosvm.rs b/virtmanager/src/crosvm.rs
index 4ae1fcd..814a1a7 100644
--- a/virtmanager/src/crosvm.rs
+++ b/virtmanager/src/crosvm.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 use crate::Cid;
 use anyhow::Error;
 use log::{debug, error, info};
+use std::fs::File;
 use std::process::{Child, Command};
 
 const CROSVM_PATH: &str = "/apex/com.android.virt/bin/crosvm";
@@ -42,8 +43,13 @@
 
     /// Start an instance of `crosvm` to manage a new VM. The `crosvm` instance will be killed when
     /// the `VmInstance` is dropped.
-    pub fn start(config: &VmConfig, cid: Cid, config_path: &str) -> Result<VmInstance, Error> {
-        let child = run_vm(config, cid)?;
+    pub fn start(
+        config: &VmConfig,
+        cid: Cid,
+        config_path: &str,
+        log_fd: Option<File>,
+    ) -> Result<VmInstance, Error> {
+        let child = run_vm(config, cid, log_fd)?;
         Ok(VmInstance::new(child, cid, config_path))
     }
 }
@@ -64,14 +70,18 @@
 }
 
 /// Start an instance of `crosvm` to manage a new VM.
-fn run_vm(config: &VmConfig, cid: Cid) -> Result<Child, Error> {
+fn run_vm(config: &VmConfig, cid: Cid, log_fd: Option<File>) -> Result<Child, Error> {
     config.validate()?;
 
     let mut command = Command::new(CROSVM_PATH);
     // TODO(qwandor): Remove --disable-sandbox.
     command.arg("run").arg("--disable-sandbox").arg("--cid").arg(cid.to_string());
-    // TODO(jiyong): Don't redirect console to the host syslog
-    command.arg("--serial=type=syslog");
+    if let Some(log_fd) = log_fd {
+        command.stdout(log_fd);
+    } else {
+        // Ignore console output.
+        command.arg("--serial=type=sink");
+    }
     if let Some(bootloader) = &config.bootloader {
         command.arg("--bios").arg(bootloader);
     }