diff --git a/cmd/admin-handlers.go b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
index dd51d3621..6e98ea8b3 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) ServiceActionHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 	case madmin.ServiceActionStop:
 		serviceSig = serviceStop
 	default:
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("Unrecognized service action %s requested", action))
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("Unrecognized service action %s requested", action), logger.Application)
 		writeErrorResponseJSON(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrMalformedPOSTRequest), r.URL)
 		return
 	}
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ func extractHealInitParams(vars map[string]string, qParms url.Values, r io.Reade
 	if hip.clientToken == "" {
 		jerr := json.NewDecoder(r).Decode(&hip.hs)
 		if jerr != nil {
-			logger.LogIf(context.Background(), jerr)
+			logger.LogIf(context.Background(), jerr, logger.Application)
 			err = ErrRequestBodyParse
 			return
 		}
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) SetConfigHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 	password := globalServerConfig.GetCredential().SecretKey
 	configBytes, err := madmin.DecryptData(password, io.LimitReader(r.Body, r.ContentLength))
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 		writeErrorResponseJSON(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrAdminConfigBadJSON), r.URL)
 		return
 	}
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) SetConfigHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 	// Validate JSON provided in the request body: check the
 	// client has not sent JSON objects with duplicate keys.
 	if err = quick.CheckDuplicateKeys(string(configBytes)); err != nil {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 		writeErrorResponseJSON(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrAdminConfigBadJSON), r.URL)
 		return
 	}
@@ -1656,6 +1656,13 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) ConsoleLogHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 	if err != nil {
 		limitLines = 10
 	}
+
+	logKind := r.URL.Query().Get("logType")
+	if logKind == "" {
+		logKind = string(logger.All)
+	}
+	logKind = strings.ToUpper(logKind)
+
 	// Avoid reusing tcp connection if read timeout is hit
 	// This is needed to make r.Context().Done() work as
 	// expected in case of read timeout
@@ -1672,7 +1679,7 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) ConsoleLogHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 		return
 	}
 
-	globalConsoleSys.Subscribe(logCh, doneCh, node, limitLines, nil)
+	globalConsoleSys.Subscribe(logCh, doneCh, node, limitLines, logKind, nil)
 
 	for _, peer := range peers {
 		if node == "" || strings.EqualFold(peer.host.Name, node) {
@@ -1689,7 +1696,7 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) ConsoleLogHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 		select {
 		case entry := <-logCh:
 			log := entry.(madmin.LogInfo)
-			if log.SendLog(node) {
+			if log.SendLog(node, logKind) {
 				if err := enc.Encode(log); err != nil {
 					return
 				}
diff --git a/cmd/auth-handler.go b/cmd/auth-handler.go
index ef1cf8031..17cef185c 100644
--- a/cmd/auth-handler.go
+++ b/cmd/auth-handler.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func checkAdminRequestAuthType(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request, region stri
 	if s3Err != ErrNone {
 		reqInfo := (&logger.ReqInfo{}).AppendTags("requestHeaders", dumpRequest(r))
 		ctx := logger.SetReqInfo(ctx, reqInfo)
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, errors.New(getAPIError(s3Err).Description))
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, errors.New(getAPIError(s3Err).Description), logger.Application)
 	}
 	return s3Err
 }
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func getClaimsFromToken(r *http.Request) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			// Base64 decoding fails, we should log to indicate
 			// something is malforming the request sent by client.
-			logger.LogIf(context.Background(), err)
+			logger.LogIf(context.Background(), err, logger.Application)
 			return nil, errAuthentication
 		}
 		claims[iampolicy.SessionPolicyName] = string(spBytes)
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ func checkRequestAuthTypeToAccessKey(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request, actio
 		// To extract region from XML in request body, get copy of request body.
 		payload, err := ioutil.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(r.Body, maxLocationConstraintSize))
 		if err != nil {
-			logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+			logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 			return accessKey, owner, ErrMalformedXML
 		}
 
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-handlers.go b/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
index 99aebe75c..ac9e60425 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteMultipleObjectsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter,
 
 	// Read incoming body XML bytes.
 	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r.Body, deleteXMLBytes); err != nil {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAdminAPIErr(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
 		return
 	}
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteMultipleObjectsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter,
 	// Unmarshal list of keys to be deleted.
 	deleteObjects := &DeleteObjectsRequest{}
 	if err := xml.Unmarshal(deleteXMLBytes, deleteObjects); err != nil {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrMalformedXML), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
 		return
 	}
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PostPolicyBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 	// Read multipart data and save in memory and in the disk if needed
 	form, err := reader.ReadForm(maxFormMemory)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrMalformedPOSTRequest), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
 		return
 	}
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PostPolicyBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 	// Extract all form fields
 	fileBody, fileName, fileSize, formValues, err := extractPostPolicyFormValues(ctx, form)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrMalformedPOSTRequest), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/common-main.go b/cmd/common-main.go
index bbb7fd5f3..8f8e375ad 100644
--- a/cmd/common-main.go
+++ b/cmd/common-main.go
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func handleCommonEnvVars() {
 
 func logStartupMessage(msg string, data ...interface{}) {
 	if globalConsoleSys != nil {
-		globalConsoleSys.Send(msg)
+		globalConsoleSys.Send(msg, string(logger.All))
 	}
 	logger.StartupMessage(msg, data...)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/config-current.go b/cmd/config-current.go
index 03f1314ad..66bf1bcb4 100644
--- a/cmd/config-current.go
+++ b/cmd/config-current.go
@@ -336,14 +336,14 @@ func (s *serverConfig) lookupConfigs() {
 	for _, l := range s.Logger.HTTP {
 		if l.Enabled {
 			// Enable http logging
-			logger.AddTarget(http.New(l.Endpoint, loggerUserAgent, NewCustomHTTPTransport()))
+			logger.AddTarget(http.New(l.Endpoint, loggerUserAgent, string(logger.All), NewCustomHTTPTransport()))
 		}
 	}
 
 	for _, l := range s.Logger.Audit {
 		if l.Enabled {
 			// Enable http audit logging
-			logger.AddAuditTarget(http.New(l.Endpoint, loggerUserAgent, NewCustomHTTPTransport()))
+			logger.AddAuditTarget(http.New(l.Endpoint, loggerUserAgent, string(logger.All), NewCustomHTTPTransport()))
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/consolelogger.go b/cmd/consolelogger.go
index 12a12384f..8a09ec684 100644
--- a/cmd/consolelogger.go
+++ b/cmd/consolelogger.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (sys *HTTPConsoleLoggerSys) HasLogListeners() bool {
 }
 
 // Subscribe starts console logging for this node.
-func (sys *HTTPConsoleLoggerSys) Subscribe(subCh chan interface{}, doneCh chan struct{}, node string, last int, filter func(entry interface{}) bool) {
+func (sys *HTTPConsoleLoggerSys) Subscribe(subCh chan interface{}, doneCh chan struct{}, node string, last int, logKind string, filter func(entry interface{}) bool) {
 	// Enable console logging for remote client even if local console logging is disabled in the config.
 	if !globalServerConfig.Logger.Console.Enabled && !sys.pubsub.HasSubscribers() {
 		logger.AddTarget(globalConsoleSys.Console())
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (sys *HTTPConsoleLoggerSys) Subscribe(subCh chan interface{}, doneCh chan s
 	lastN = make([]madmin.LogInfo, last)
 	sys.logBufLk.RLock()
 	sys.logBuf.Do(func(p interface{}) {
-		if p != nil && (p.(madmin.LogInfo)).SendLog(node) {
+		if p != nil && (p.(madmin.LogInfo)).SendLog(node, logKind) {
 			lastN[cnt%last] = p.(madmin.LogInfo)
 			cnt++
 		}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (sys *HTTPConsoleLoggerSys) Console() *HTTPConsoleLoggerSys {
 
 // Send log message 'e' to console and publish to console
 // log pubsub system
-func (sys *HTTPConsoleLoggerSys) Send(e interface{}) error {
+func (sys *HTTPConsoleLoggerSys) Send(e interface{}, logKind string) error {
 	var lg madmin.LogInfo
 	switch e := e.(type) {
 	case log.Entry:
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func (sys *HTTPConsoleLoggerSys) Send(e interface{}) error {
 	sys.logBufLk.Unlock()
 
 	if globalServerConfig.Logger.Console.Enabled {
-		return sys.console.Send(e)
+		return sys.console.Send(e, string(logger.All))
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/endpoint.go b/cmd/endpoint.go
index 09137c662..80e5537d7 100644
--- a/cmd/endpoint.go
+++ b/cmd/endpoint.go
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func (endpoints EndpointList) UpdateIsLocal() error {
 						reqInfo := (&logger.ReqInfo{}).AppendTags("host", endpoints[i].HostName)
 						reqInfo.AppendTags("elapsedTime", humanize.RelTime(startTime, startTime.Add(timeElapsed), "elapsed", ""))
 						ctx := logger.SetReqInfo(context.Background(), reqInfo)
-						logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+						logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 					}
 				} else {
 					resolvedList[i] = true
diff --git a/cmd/format-disk-cache.go b/cmd/format-disk-cache.go
index 07871a53f..9322dec59 100644
--- a/cmd/format-disk-cache.go
+++ b/cmd/format-disk-cache.go
@@ -138,12 +138,12 @@ func initFormatCache(ctx context.Context, drives []string) (formats []*formatCac
 		}
 		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			logger.GetReqInfo(ctx).AppendTags("drive", drive)
-			logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+			logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		if err = os.Mkdir(drive, 0777); err != nil {
 			logger.GetReqInfo(ctx).AppendTags("drive", drive)
-			logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+			logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/fs-v1-multipart.go b/cmd/fs-v1-multipart.go
index a59412af6..1a893db0c 100644
--- a/cmd/fs-v1-multipart.go
+++ b/cmd/fs-v1-multipart.go
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) PutObjectPart(ctx context.Context, bucket, object, uploadID
 
 	// Validate input data size and it can never be less than -1.
 	if data.Size() < -1 {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, errInvalidArgument)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, errInvalidArgument, logger.Application)
 		return pi, toObjectErr(errInvalidArgument)
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/fs-v1.go b/cmd/fs-v1.go
index 7d5152d8c..0418e3fdb 100644
--- a/cmd/fs-v1.go
+++ b/cmd/fs-v1.go
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) GetObjectNInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string,
 	// Check if range is valid
 	if off > size || off+length > size {
 		err = InvalidRange{off, length, size}
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 		closeFn()
 		rwPoolUnlocker()
 		nsUnlocker()
@@ -587,13 +587,13 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) getObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, offse
 
 	// Offset cannot be negative.
 	if offset < 0 {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, errUnexpected)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, errUnexpected, logger.Application)
 		return toObjectErr(errUnexpected, bucket, object)
 	}
 
 	// Writer cannot be nil.
 	if writer == nil {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, errUnexpected)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, errUnexpected, logger.Application)
 		return toObjectErr(errUnexpected, bucket, object)
 	}
 
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) getObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, offse
 			return toObjectErr(perr, bucket, object)
 		}
 		if objEtag != etag {
-			logger.LogIf(ctx, InvalidETag{})
+			logger.LogIf(ctx, InvalidETag{}, logger.Application)
 			return toObjectErr(InvalidETag{}, bucket, object)
 		}
 	}
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) getObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, offse
 	// Reply back invalid range if the input offset and length fall out of range.
 	if offset > size || offset+length > size {
 		err = InvalidRange{offset, length, size}
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) putObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, object string
 
 	// Validate input data size and it can never be less than zero.
 	if data.Size() < -1 {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, errInvalidArgument)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, errInvalidArgument, logger.Application)
 		return ObjectInfo{}, errInvalidArgument
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/gateway/gcs/gateway-gcs.go b/cmd/gateway/gcs/gateway-gcs.go
index baa6ba7f3..03d5c403a 100644
--- a/cmd/gateway/gcs/gateway-gcs.go
+++ b/cmd/gateway/gcs/gateway-gcs.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strconv"
 
@@ -158,14 +159,14 @@ EXAMPLES:
 // Handler for 'minio gateway gcs' command line.
 func gcsGatewayMain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	projectID := ctx.Args().First()
-	if projectID == "" && env.Get("GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS", "") == "" {
-		logger.LogIf(context.Background(), errGCSProjectIDNotFound)
+	if projectID == "" && os.Getenv("GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS") == "" {
+		logger.LogIf(context.Background(), errGCSProjectIDNotFound, logger.Application)
 		cli.ShowCommandHelpAndExit(ctx, "gcs", 1)
 	}
 	if projectID != "" && !isValidGCSProjectIDFormat(projectID) {
 		reqInfo := (&logger.ReqInfo{}).AppendTags("projectID", ctx.Args().First())
 		contxt := logger.SetReqInfo(context.Background(), reqInfo)
-		logger.LogIf(contxt, errGCSInvalidProjectID)
+		logger.LogIf(contxt, errGCSInvalidProjectID, logger.Application)
 		cli.ShowCommandHelpAndExit(ctx, "gcs", 1)
 	}
 
@@ -762,7 +763,7 @@ func (l *gcsGateway) GetObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, key string, s
 	// if we want to mimic S3 behavior exactly, we need to verify if bucket exists first,
 	// otherwise gcs will just return object not exist in case of non-existing bucket
 	if _, err := l.client.Bucket(bucket).Attrs(ctx); err != nil {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 		return gcsToObjectError(err, bucket)
 	}
 
@@ -775,7 +776,7 @@ func (l *gcsGateway) GetObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, key string, s
 
 	r, err := object.NewRangeReader(ctx, startOffset, length)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 		return gcsToObjectError(err, bucket, key)
 	}
 	defer r.Close()
@@ -873,7 +874,7 @@ func (l *gcsGateway) GetObjectInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket string, object st
 	// if we want to mimic S3 behavior exactly, we need to verify if bucket exists first,
 	// otherwise gcs will just return object not exist in case of non-existing bucket
 	if _, err := l.client.Bucket(bucket).Attrs(ctx); err != nil {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 		return minio.ObjectInfo{}, gcsToObjectError(err, bucket)
 	}
 
@@ -893,7 +894,7 @@ func (l *gcsGateway) PutObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, key string, r
 	// if we want to mimic S3 behavior exactly, we need to verify if bucket exists first,
 	// otherwise gcs will just return object not exist in case of non-existing bucket
 	if _, err := l.client.Bucket(bucket).Attrs(ctx); err != nil {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 		return minio.ObjectInfo{}, gcsToObjectError(err, bucket)
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/gateway/oss/gateway-oss.go b/cmd/gateway/oss/gateway-oss.go
index 1ea0fa241..392991bf3 100644
--- a/cmd/gateway/oss/gateway-oss.go
+++ b/cmd/gateway/oss/gateway-oss.go
@@ -519,13 +519,13 @@ func (l *ossObjects) ListObjectsV2(ctx context.Context, bucket, prefix, continua
 // length indicates the total length of the object.
 func ossGetObject(ctx context.Context, client *oss.Client, bucket, key string, startOffset, length int64, writer io.Writer, etag string) error {
 	if length < 0 && length != -1 {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("Invalid argument"))
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("Invalid argument"), logger.Application)
 		return ossToObjectError(fmt.Errorf("Invalid argument"), bucket, key)
 	}
 
 	bkt, err := client.Bucket(bucket)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 		return ossToObjectError(err, bucket, key)
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/logger/audit.go b/cmd/logger/audit.go
index d27a64f03..13f1a7577 100644
--- a/cmd/logger/audit.go
+++ b/cmd/logger/audit.go
@@ -155,6 +155,6 @@ func AuditLog(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, api string, reqClaims map[
 		entry.API.StatusCode = statusCode
 		entry.API.TimeToFirstByte = timeToFirstByte.String()
 		entry.API.TimeToResponse = timeToResponse.String()
-		_ = t.Send(entry)
+		_ = t.Send(entry, string(All))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/logger/logger.go b/cmd/logger/logger.go
index 9db9ce2d0..8ecbbb6ea 100644
--- a/cmd/logger/logger.go
+++ b/cmd/logger/logger.go
@@ -273,36 +273,53 @@ func hashString(input string) string {
 	return hex.EncodeToString(checksum)
 }
 
+// Kind specifies the kind of error log
+type Kind string
+
+const (
+	// Minio errors
+	Minio Kind = "MINIO"
+	// Application errors
+	Application Kind = "APPLICATION"
+	// All errors
+	All Kind = "ALL"
+)
+
 // LogAlwaysIf prints a detailed error message during
 // the execution of the server.
-func LogAlwaysIf(ctx context.Context, err error) {
+func LogAlwaysIf(ctx context.Context, err error, errKind ...interface{}) {
 	if err == nil {
 		return
 	}
 
-	logIf(ctx, err)
+	logIf(ctx, err, errKind...)
 }
 
 // LogIf prints a detailed error message during
 // the execution of the server, if it is not an
 // ignored error.
-func LogIf(ctx context.Context, err error) {
+func LogIf(ctx context.Context, err error, errKind ...interface{}) {
 	if err == nil {
 		return
 	}
 
 	if err.Error() != diskNotFoundError {
-		logIf(ctx, err)
+		logIf(ctx, err, errKind...)
 	}
 }
 
 // logIf prints a detailed error message during
 // the execution of the server.
-func logIf(ctx context.Context, err error) {
+func logIf(ctx context.Context, err error, errKind ...interface{}) {
 	if Disable {
 		return
 	}
-
+	logKind := string(Minio)
+	if len(errKind) > 0 {
+		if ek, ok := errKind[0].(Kind); ok {
+			logKind = string(ek)
+		}
+	}
 	req := GetReqInfo(ctx)
 
 	if req == nil {
@@ -330,6 +347,7 @@ func logIf(ctx context.Context, err error) {
 	entry := log.Entry{
 		DeploymentID: req.DeploymentID,
 		Level:        ErrorLvl.String(),
+		LogKind:      logKind,
 		RemoteHost:   req.RemoteHost,
 		Host:         req.Host,
 		RequestID:    req.RequestID,
@@ -359,7 +377,7 @@ func logIf(ctx context.Context, err error) {
 
 	// Iterate over all logger targets to send the log entry
 	for _, t := range Targets {
-		t.Send(entry)
+		t.Send(entry, entry.LogKind)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -368,9 +386,9 @@ var ErrCritical struct{}
 
 // CriticalIf logs the provided error on the console. It fails the
 // current go-routine by causing a `panic(ErrCritical)`.
-func CriticalIf(ctx context.Context, err error) {
+func CriticalIf(ctx context.Context, err error, errKind ...interface{}) {
 	if err != nil {
-		LogIf(ctx, err)
+		LogIf(ctx, err, errKind...)
 		panic(ErrCritical)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/logger/logonce.go b/cmd/logger/logonce.go
index 2201aae30..f6355c14a 100644
--- a/cmd/logger/logonce.go
+++ b/cmd/logger/logonce.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type logOnceType struct {
 }
 
 // One log message per error.
-func (l *logOnceType) logOnceIf(ctx context.Context, err error, id interface{}) {
+func (l *logOnceType) logOnceIf(ctx context.Context, err error, id interface{}, errKind ...interface{}) {
 	if err == nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (l *logOnceType) logOnceIf(ctx context.Context, err error, id interface{})
 	l.Unlock()
 
 	if shouldLog {
-		LogIf(ctx, err)
+		LogIf(ctx, err, errKind...)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -76,6 +76,6 @@ var logOnce = newLogOnceType()
 // LogOnceIf - Logs notification errors - once per error.
 // id is a unique identifier for related log messages, refer to cmd/notification.go
 // on how it is used.
-func LogOnceIf(ctx context.Context, err error, id interface{}) {
-	logOnce.logOnceIf(ctx, err, id)
+func LogOnceIf(ctx context.Context, err error, id interface{}, errKind ...interface{}) {
+	logOnce.logOnceIf(ctx, err, id, errKind...)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/logger/message/log/entry.go b/cmd/logger/message/log/entry.go
index 95a65d658..becfe89d0 100644
--- a/cmd/logger/message/log/entry.go
+++ b/cmd/logger/message/log/entry.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type API struct {
 type Entry struct {
 	DeploymentID string `json:"deploymentid,omitempty"`
 	Level        string `json:"level"`
+	LogKind      string `json:"errKind"`
 	Time         string `json:"time"`
 	API          *API   `json:"api,omitempty"`
 	RemoteHost   string `json:"remotehost,omitempty"`
diff --git a/cmd/logger/target/console/console.go b/cmd/logger/target/console/console.go
index 3cd7be559..48634e902 100644
--- a/cmd/logger/target/console/console.go
+++ b/cmd/logger/target/console/console.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 type Target struct{}
 
 // Send log message 'e' to console
-func (c *Target) Send(e interface{}) error {
+func (c *Target) Send(e interface{}, logKind string) error {
 	entry, ok := e.(log.Entry)
 	if !ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Uexpected log entry structure %#v", e)
diff --git a/cmd/logger/target/http/http.go b/cmd/logger/target/http/http.go
index a61287fd1..e931054cb 100644
--- a/cmd/logger/target/http/http.go
+++ b/cmd/logger/target/http/http.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	gohttp "net/http"
+	"strings"
 
 	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/cmd/http"
 )
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ type Target struct {
 	endpoint string
 	// User-Agent to be set on each log request sent to the `endpoint`
 	userAgent string
+	logKind   string
 	client    gohttp.Client
 }
 
@@ -75,10 +77,11 @@ func (h *Target) startHTTPLogger() {
 
 // New initializes a new logger target which
 // sends log over http to the specified endpoint
-func New(endpoint, userAgent string, transport *gohttp.Transport) *Target {
+func New(endpoint, userAgent, logKind string, transport *gohttp.Transport) *Target {
 	h := Target{
 		endpoint:  endpoint,
 		userAgent: userAgent,
+		logKind:   strings.ToUpper(logKind),
 		client: gohttp.Client{
 			Transport: transport,
 		},
@@ -90,7 +93,10 @@ func New(endpoint, userAgent string, transport *gohttp.Transport) *Target {
 }
 
 // Send log message 'e' to http target.
-func (h *Target) Send(entry interface{}) error {
+func (h *Target) Send(entry interface{}, errKind string) error {
+	if h.logKind != errKind && h.logKind != "ALL" {
+		return nil
+	}
 	select {
 	case h.logCh <- entry:
 	default:
diff --git a/cmd/logger/targets.go b/cmd/logger/targets.go
index 7434accbd..dbc443937 100644
--- a/cmd/logger/targets.go
+++ b/cmd/logger/targets.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package logger
 // a single log entry and Send it to the log target
 //   e.g. Send the log to a http server
 type Target interface {
-	Send(entry interface{}) error
+	Send(entry interface{}, errKind string) error
 }
 
 // Targets is the set of enabled loggers
diff --git a/cmd/object-handlers.go b/cmd/object-handlers.go
index 5a5c4a7d9..ce87d0093 100644
--- a/cmd/object-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/object-handlers.go
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 				return
 			}
 
-			logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
+			logger.LogIf(ctx, err, logger.Application)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/peer-rest-server.go b/cmd/peer-rest-server.go
index 1fdb394de..85bb7b1ee 100644
--- a/cmd/peer-rest-server.go
+++ b/cmd/peer-rest-server.go
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ func (s *peerRESTServer) ConsoleLogHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 	defer close(doneCh)
 
 	ch := make(chan interface{}, 2000)
-	globalConsoleSys.Subscribe(ch, doneCh, "", 0, nil)
+	globalConsoleSys.Subscribe(ch, doneCh, "", 0, string(logger.All), nil)
 
 	enc := gob.NewEncoder(w)
 	for {
diff --git a/cmd/sts-errors.go b/cmd/sts-errors.go
index c35d2560c..d2291d467 100644
--- a/cmd/sts-errors.go
+++ b/cmd/sts-errors.go
@@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ func writeSTSErrorResponse(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, errCode S
 	if errCtxt != nil {
 		stsErrorResponse.Error.Message = fmt.Sprintf("%v", errCtxt)
 	}
-	logger.LogIf(ctx, errCtxt)
+	logKind := logger.All
+	switch errCode {
+	case ErrSTSInternalError, ErrSTSNotInitialized:
+		logKind = logger.Minio
+	default:
+		logKind = logger.Application
+	}
+	logger.LogIf(ctx, errCtxt, logKind)
 	encodedErrorResponse := encodeResponse(stsErrorResponse)
 	writeResponse(w, err.HTTPStatusCode, encodedErrorResponse, mimeXML)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/xl-v1-multipart.go b/cmd/xl-v1-multipart.go
index 571cd6811..1ad879761 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-v1-multipart.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-v1-multipart.go
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) PutObjectPart(ctx context.Context, bucket, object, uploadID
 
 	// Validate input data size and it can never be less than zero.
 	if data.Size() < -1 {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, errInvalidArgument)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, errInvalidArgument, logger.Application)
 		return pi, toObjectErr(errInvalidArgument)
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/xl-v1-object.go b/cmd/xl-v1-object.go
index 0316f9daa..197b8e64a 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-v1-object.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-v1-object.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) getObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, startO
 
 	// Start offset cannot be negative.
 	if startOffset < 0 {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, errUnexpected)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, errUnexpected, logger.Application)
 		return errUnexpected
 	}
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) getObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, startO
 
 	// Reply back invalid range if the input offset and length fall out of range.
 	if startOffset > xlMeta.Stat.Size || startOffset+length > xlMeta.Stat.Size {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, InvalidRange{startOffset, length, xlMeta.Stat.Size})
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, InvalidRange{startOffset, length, xlMeta.Stat.Size}, logger.Application)
 		return InvalidRange{startOffset, length, xlMeta.Stat.Size}
 	}
 
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) putObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, object string,
 
 	// Validate input data size and it can never be less than zero.
 	if data.Size() < -1 {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, errInvalidArgument)
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, errInvalidArgument, logger.Application)
 		return ObjectInfo{}, toObjectErr(errInvalidArgument)
 	}
 
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) putObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, object string,
 	// Should return IncompleteBody{} error when reader has fewer bytes
 	// than specified in request header.
 	if n < data.Size() {
-		logger.LogIf(ctx, IncompleteBody{})
+		logger.LogIf(ctx, IncompleteBody{}, logger.Application)
 		return ObjectInfo{}, IncompleteBody{}
 	}
 
diff --git a/docs/config/config.sample.json b/docs/config/config.sample.json
index 5ba269b9e..3d102cb07 100644
--- a/docs/config/config.sample.json
+++ b/docs/config/config.sample.json
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@
 		"http": {
 			"target1": {
 				"enabled": false,
+				"type": "minio",
 				"endpoint": "https://username:password@example.com/api"
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/event/target/amqp.go b/pkg/event/target/amqp.go
index b56525174..442a983e0 100644
--- a/pkg/event/target/amqp.go
+++ b/pkg/event/target/amqp.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ type AMQPTarget struct {
 	conn       *amqp.Connection
 	connMutex  sync.Mutex
 	store      Store
-	loggerOnce func(ctx context.Context, err error, id interface{})
+	loggerOnce func(ctx context.Context, err error, id interface{}, errKind ...interface{})
 }
 
 // ID - returns TargetID.
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ func (target *AMQPTarget) Close() error {
 }
 
 // NewAMQPTarget - creates new AMQP target.
-func NewAMQPTarget(id string, args AMQPArgs, doneCh <-chan struct{}, loggerOnce func(ctx context.Context, err error, id interface{})) (*AMQPTarget, error) {
+func NewAMQPTarget(id string, args AMQPArgs, doneCh <-chan struct{}, loggerOnce func(ctx context.Context, err error, id interface{}, errKind ...interface{})) (*AMQPTarget, error) {
 	var conn *amqp.Connection
 	var err error
 
diff --git a/pkg/event/target/redis.go b/pkg/event/target/redis.go
index 69db7d9a5..cb653716e 100644
--- a/pkg/event/target/redis.go
+++ b/pkg/event/target/redis.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ type RedisTarget struct {
 	pool       *redis.Pool
 	store      Store
 	firstPing  bool
-	loggerOnce func(ctx context.Context, err error, id interface{})
+	loggerOnce func(ctx context.Context, err error, id interface{}, errKind ...interface{})
 }
 
 // ID - returns target ID.
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func (target *RedisTarget) Close() error {
 }
 
 // NewRedisTarget - creates new Redis target.
-func NewRedisTarget(id string, args RedisArgs, doneCh <-chan struct{}, loggerOnce func(ctx context.Context, err error, id interface{})) (*RedisTarget, error) {
+func NewRedisTarget(id string, args RedisArgs, doneCh <-chan struct{}, loggerOnce func(ctx context.Context, err error, id interface{}, errKind ...interface{})) (*RedisTarget, error) {
 	pool := &redis.Pool{
 		MaxIdle:     3,
 		IdleTimeout: 2 * 60 * time.Second,
diff --git a/pkg/madmin/api-log.go b/pkg/madmin/api-log.go
index 6448d7e15..c2b1648b9 100644
--- a/pkg/madmin/api-log.go
+++ b/pkg/madmin/api-log.go
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ type LogInfo struct {
 }
 
 // SendLog returns true if log pertains to node specified in args.
-func (l LogInfo) SendLog(node string) bool {
-	return node == "" || strings.EqualFold(node, l.NodeName)
+func (l LogInfo) SendLog(node, logKind string) bool {
+	nodeFltr := (node == "" || strings.EqualFold(node, l.NodeName))
+	typeFltr := strings.EqualFold(logKind, "all") || strings.EqualFold(l.LogKind, logKind)
+	return nodeFltr && typeFltr
 }
 
 // GetLogs - listen on console log messages.
-func (adm AdminClient) GetLogs(node string, lineCnt int, doneCh <-chan struct{}) <-chan LogInfo {
+func (adm AdminClient) GetLogs(node string, lineCnt int, logKind string, doneCh <-chan struct{}) <-chan LogInfo {
 	logCh := make(chan LogInfo, 1)
 
 	// Only success, start a routine to start reading line by line.
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ func (adm AdminClient) GetLogs(node string, lineCnt int, doneCh <-chan struct{})
 		urlValues := make(url.Values)
 		urlValues.Set("node", node)
 		urlValues.Set("limit", strconv.Itoa(lineCnt))
+		urlValues.Set("logType", logKind)
 		for {
 			reqData := requestData{
 				relPath:     "/v1/log",