diff --git a/probe/kubernetes/client.go b/probe/kubernetes/client.go
index c629ae0e0..7e3f2f156 100644
--- a/probe/kubernetes/client.go
+++ b/probe/kubernetes/client.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type Client interface {
 
 	WatchPods(f func(Event, Pod))
 
-	GetLogs(namespaceID, podID string) (io.ReadCloser, error)
+	GetLogs(namespaceID, podID string, containerNames []string) (io.ReadCloser, error)
 	DeletePod(namespaceID, podID string) error
 	ScaleUp(resource, namespaceID, id string) error
 	ScaleDown(resource, namespaceID, id string) error
@@ -326,15 +326,27 @@ func (c *client) WalkNodes(f func(*apiv1.Node) error) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *client) GetLogs(namespaceID, podID string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	req := c.client.CoreV1().Pods(namespaceID).GetLogs(
-		podID,
-		&apiv1.PodLogOptions{
-			Follow:     true,
-			Timestamps: true,
-		},
-	)
-	return req.Stream()
+func (c *client) GetLogs(namespaceID, podID string, containerNames []string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	readClosers := make([]io.ReadCloser, len(containerNames))
+	for i, container := range containerNames {
+		req := c.client.CoreV1().Pods(namespaceID).GetLogs(
+			podID,
+			&apiv1.PodLogOptions{
+				Follow:     true,
+				Timestamps: true,
+				Container:  container,
+			},
+		)
+		readCloser, err := req.Stream()
+		if err != nil {
+			for _, rc := range readClosers {
+				rc.Close()
+			}
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		readClosers[i] = readCloser
+	}
+	return NewLogReadCloser(readClosers...), nil
 }
 
 func (c *client) DeletePod(namespaceID, podID string) error {
diff --git a/probe/kubernetes/controls.go b/probe/kubernetes/controls.go
index 62ddb806e..55f31e004 100644
--- a/probe/kubernetes/controls.go
+++ b/probe/kubernetes/controls.go
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 // GetLogs is the control to get the logs for a kubernetes pod
-func (r *Reporter) GetLogs(req xfer.Request, namespaceID, podID string) xfer.Response {
-	readCloser, err := r.client.GetLogs(namespaceID, podID)
+func (r *Reporter) GetLogs(req xfer.Request, namespaceID, podID string, containerNames []string) xfer.Response {
+	readCloser, err := r.client.GetLogs(namespaceID, podID, containerNames)
 	if err != nil {
 		return xfer.ResponseError(err)
 	}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (r *Reporter) GetLogs(req xfer.Request, namespaceID, podID string) xfer.Res
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *Reporter) deletePod(req xfer.Request, namespaceID, podID string) xfer.Response {
+func (r *Reporter) deletePod(req xfer.Request, namespaceID, podID string, _ []string) xfer.Response {
 	if err := r.client.DeletePod(namespaceID, podID); err != nil {
 		return xfer.ResponseError(err)
 	}
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (r *Reporter) deletePod(req xfer.Request, namespaceID, podID string) xfer.R
 }
 
 // CapturePod is exported for testing
-func (r *Reporter) CapturePod(f func(xfer.Request, string, string) xfer.Response) func(xfer.Request) xfer.Response {
+func (r *Reporter) CapturePod(f func(xfer.Request, string, string, []string) xfer.Response) func(xfer.Request) xfer.Response {
 	return func(req xfer.Request) xfer.Response {
 		uid, ok := report.ParsePodNodeID(req.NodeID)
 		if !ok {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (r *Reporter) CapturePod(f func(xfer.Request, string, string) xfer.Response
 		if pod == nil {
 			return xfer.ResponseErrorf("Pod not found: %s", uid)
 		}
-		return f(req, pod.Namespace(), pod.Name())
+		return f(req, pod.Namespace(), pod.Name(), pod.ContainerNames())
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/probe/kubernetes/logreadcloser.go b/probe/kubernetes/logreadcloser.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..865ce73f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/probe/kubernetes/logreadcloser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+package kubernetes
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+
+	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+const (
+	internalBufferSize = 1024
+)
+
+type logReadCloser struct {
+	readClosers  []io.ReadCloser
+	eof          []bool
+	buffer       bytes.Buffer
+	dataChannel  chan []byte
+	stopChannels []chan struct{}
+	eofChannel   chan int
+}
+
+// NewLogReadCloser takes multiple io.ReadCloser and reads where data is available.
+func NewLogReadCloser(readClosers ...io.ReadCloser) io.ReadCloser {
+	stopChannels := make([]chan struct{}, len(readClosers))
+	for i := range readClosers {
+		stopChannels[i] = make(chan struct{})
+	}
+
+	l := logReadCloser{
+		readClosers:  readClosers,
+		dataChannel:  make(chan []byte),
+		stopChannels: stopChannels,
+		eofChannel:   make(chan int),
+		eof:          make([]bool, len(readClosers)),
+	}
+
+	for idx := range l.readClosers {
+		go l.readInput(idx)
+	}
+
+	return &l
+}
+
+func (l *logReadCloser) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	if len(p) <= l.buffer.Len() {
+		return l.readInternalBuffer(p)
+	}
+
+	// if there's data available to read, read it,
+	// otherwise block
+	byteCount := 0
+	if l.buffer.Len() > 0 {
+		n, err := l.readInternalBuffer(p)
+		if err != nil {
+			return n, err
+		}
+		byteCount += n
+	} else {
+		// block on read or EOF
+		received := false
+		for !received && !l.isEOF() {
+			select {
+			case data := <-l.dataChannel:
+				l.buffer.Write(data)
+				received = true
+			case idx := <-l.eofChannel:
+				l.eof[idx] = true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// check if there's more data to read, without blocking
+	empty := false
+	for !empty && l.buffer.Len() < len(p) {
+		select {
+		case data := <-l.dataChannel:
+			l.buffer.Write(data)
+		case idx := <-l.eofChannel:
+			l.eof[idx] = true
+		default:
+			empty = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return l.readInternalBuffer(p[byteCount:])
+}
+
+func (l *logReadCloser) Close() error {
+	for i, rc := range l.readClosers {
+		err := rc.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// synchronous stop:
+		// the routines write to dataChannel which will be closed by this thread
+		select {
+		case <-l.stopChannels[i]:
+			break
+		}
+		close(l.stopChannels[i])
+	}
+
+	close(l.dataChannel)
+	close(l.eofChannel)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *logReadCloser) readInternalBuffer(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	n, err := l.buffer.Read(p)
+	if err == io.EOF && !l.isEOF() {
+		return n, nil
+	}
+
+	return n, err
+}
+
+func (l *logReadCloser) readInput(idx int) {
+	tmpBuffer := make([]byte, internalBufferSize)
+	for {
+		n, err := l.readClosers[idx].Read(tmpBuffer)
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			if n > 0 {
+				l.dataChannel <- tmpBuffer[:n]
+			}
+			l.eofChannel <- idx
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("Failed to read: %v", err)
+			break
+		}
+		l.dataChannel <- tmpBuffer[:n]
+	}
+
+	// signal the routine won't write to dataChannel
+	l.stopChannels[idx] <- struct{}{}
+}
+
+func (l *logReadCloser) isEOF() bool {
+	for _, e := range l.eof {
+		if !e {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/probe/kubernetes/logreadcloser_test.go b/probe/kubernetes/logreadcloser_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55801376b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/probe/kubernetes/logreadcloser_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package kubernetes_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/probe/kubernetes"
+)
+
+func TestLogReadCloser(t *testing.T) {
+	s0 := []byte("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
+	s1 := []byte("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
+	s2 := []byte("0123456789012345")
+
+	r0 := ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(s0))
+	r1 := ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(s1))
+	r2 := ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(s2))
+
+	l := kubernetes.NewLogReadCloser(r0, r1, r2)
+
+	buf := make([]byte, 3000)
+	count := 0
+	for {
+		n, err := l.Read(buf[count:])
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+		count += n
+	}
+
+	total := len(s0) + len(s1) + len(s2)
+	if count != total {
+		t.Errorf("Must read %v characters, but got %v", total, count)
+	}
+
+	// check every byte
+	byteCounter := map[byte]int{}
+	byteCount(byteCounter, s0)
+	byteCount(byteCounter, s1)
+	byteCount(byteCounter, s2)
+
+	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
+		b := buf[i]
+		v, ok := byteCounter[b]
+		if ok {
+			v--
+			byteCounter[b] = v
+		}
+	}
+
+	for b, c := range byteCounter {
+		if c != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("%v should be 0 instead of %v", b, c)
+		}
+	}
+
+	err := l.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Close must not return an error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func byteCount(accumulator map[byte]int, s []byte) {
+	for _, b := range s {
+		v, ok := accumulator[b]
+		if !ok {
+			v = 0
+		}
+		v++
+		accumulator[b] = v
+	}
+}
diff --git a/probe/kubernetes/pod.go b/probe/kubernetes/pod.go
index d96336d90..789e8ecea 100644
--- a/probe/kubernetes/pod.go
+++ b/probe/kubernetes/pod.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type Pod interface {
 	NodeName() string
 	GetNode(probeID string) report.Node
 	RestartCount() uint
+	ContainerNames() []string
 }
 
 type pod struct {
@@ -86,3 +87,11 @@ func (p *pod) GetNode(probeID string) report.Node {
 		WithParents(p.parents).
 		WithLatestActiveControls(GetLogs, DeletePod)
 }
+
+func (p *pod) ContainerNames() []string {
+	containerNames := make([]string, 0, len(p.Pod.Spec.Containers))
+	for _, c := range p.Pod.Spec.Containers {
+		containerNames = append(containerNames, c.Name)
+	}
+	return containerNames
+}
diff --git a/probe/kubernetes/reporter_test.go b/probe/kubernetes/reporter_test.go
index f1bd1d6e5..bd37cbcc7 100644
--- a/probe/kubernetes/reporter_test.go
+++ b/probe/kubernetes/reporter_test.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (*mockClient) WalkNodes(f func(*apiv1.Node) error) error {
 	return nil
 }
 func (*mockClient) WatchPods(func(kubernetes.Event, kubernetes.Pod)) {}
-func (c *mockClient) GetLogs(namespaceID, podName string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+func (c *mockClient) GetLogs(namespaceID, podName string, _ []string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	r, ok := c.logs[namespaceID+";"+podName]
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Not found")