diff --git a/providers/aws/fargate/container.go b/providers/aws/fargate/container.go
index 5722c5a90..b475a7142 100644
--- a/providers/aws/fargate/container.go
+++ b/providers/aws/fargate/container.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package fargate
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ const (
 	containerStatusRunning      = "RUNNING"
 	containerStatusStopped      = "STOPPED"
 
+	// Container log configuration options.
+	containerLogOptionRegion       = "awslogs-region"
+	containerLogOptionGroup        = "awslogs-group"
+	containerLogOptionStreamPrefix = "awslogs-stream-prefix"
+
 	// Default container resource limits.
 	containerDefaultCPULimit    = VCPU / 4
 	containerDefaultMemoryLimit = 512 * MiB
@@ -65,6 +71,21 @@ func newContainerFromDefinition(def *ecs.ContainerDefinition, startTime *time.Ti
 	return &cntr, nil
 }
 
+// ConfigureLogs configures container logs to be sent to the given CloudWatch log group.
+func (cntr *container) configureLogs(region string, logGroupName string, streamPrefix string) {
+	streamPrefix = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", streamPrefix, *cntr.definition.Name)
+
+	// Fargate requires awslogs log driver.
+	cntr.definition.LogConfiguration = &ecs.LogConfiguration{
+		LogDriver: aws.String(ecs.LogDriverAwslogs),
+		Options: map[string]*string{
+			containerLogOptionRegion:       aws.String(region),
+			containerLogOptionGroup:        aws.String(logGroupName),
+			containerLogOptionStreamPrefix: aws.String(streamPrefix),
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 // GetStatus returns the status of a container running in Fargate.
 func (cntr *container) getStatus(runtimeState *ecs.Container) corev1.ContainerStatus {
 	var reason string
diff --git a/providers/aws/fargate/pod.go b/providers/aws/fargate/pod.go
index ece3fb894..273087bb6 100644
--- a/providers/aws/fargate/pod.go
+++ b/providers/aws/fargate/pod.go
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ func NewPod(cluster *Cluster, pod *corev1.Pod) (*Pod, error) {
 		ContainerDefinitions:    []*ecs.ContainerDefinition{},
 	}
 
-	if cluster.executionRoleArn != "" {
-		taskDef.ExecutionRoleArn = aws.String(cluster.executionRoleArn)
-	}
-
 	// For each container in the pod...
 	for _, containerSpec := range pod.Spec.Containers {
 		// Create a container definition.
@@ -92,16 +88,9 @@ func NewPod(cluster *Cluster, pod *corev1.Pod) (*Pod, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		// Configure container logs to be sent to CloudWatch Logs if enabled.
 		if cluster.cloudWatchLogGroupName != "" {
-			// Configure container logs to be sent to the configured Cloudwatch Logs Log Group.
-			cntr.definition.LogConfiguration = &ecs.LogConfiguration{
-				LogDriver: aws.String(ecs.LogDriverAwslogs),
-				Options: map[string]*string{
-					"awslogs-group":         aws.String(cluster.cloudWatchLogGroupName),
-					"awslogs-region":        aws.String(cluster.region),
-					"awslogs-stream-prefix": aws.String(fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", tag, containerSpec.Name)),
-				},
-			}
+			cntr.configureLogs(cluster.region, cluster.cloudWatchLogGroupName, tag)
 		}
 
 		// Add the container's resource requirements to its pod's total resource requirements.
@@ -124,9 +113,15 @@ func NewPod(cluster *Cluster, pod *corev1.Pod) (*Pod, error) {
 	taskDef.Cpu = aws.String(strconv.Itoa(int(fgPod.taskCPU)))
 	taskDef.Memory = aws.String(strconv.Itoa(int(fgPod.taskMemory)))
 
+	// Set a custom task execution IAM role if configured.
+	if cluster.executionRoleArn != "" {
+		taskDef.ExecutionRoleArn = aws.String(cluster.executionRoleArn)
+	}
+
+	// Set a custom task IAM role if configured.
 	if val, ok := pod.Annotations[taskRoleAnnotation]; ok {
 		taskDef.TaskRoleArn = aws.String(val)
-		fgPod.taskRoleArn = *taskDef.TaskRoleArn
+		fgPod.taskRoleArn = val
 	}
 
 	// Register the task definition with Fargate.