diff --git a/api/agent.go b/api/agent.go
index b7e5e5a10..d3622acbc 100644
--- a/api/agent.go
+++ b/api/agent.go
@@ -238,9 +238,13 @@ func (a *Agent) Health() (*AgentHealthResponse, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to unmarshal response with status %d: %v", resp.StatusCode, err)
 }
 
+type MonitorFrame struct {
+	Data []byte `json:",omitempty"`
+}
+
 // Monitor returns a channel which will receive streaming logs from the agent
 // Providing a non-nil stopCh can be used to close the connection and stop log streaming
-func (a *Agent) Monitor(stopCh <-chan struct{}, q *QueryOptions) (chan string, error) {
+func (a *Agent) Monitor(stopCh <-chan struct{}, q *QueryOptions) (<-chan *MonitorFrame, error) {
 	r, err := a.client.newRequest("GET", "/v1/agent/monitor")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -252,10 +256,10 @@ func (a *Agent) Monitor(stopCh <-chan struct{}, q *QueryOptions) (chan string, e
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	logCh := make(chan string, 64)
+	frames := make(chan *MonitorFrame, 10)
 	go func() {
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
-		defer close(logCh)
+		defer close(frames)
 		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(resp.Body)
 
 	LOOP:
@@ -267,10 +271,12 @@ func (a *Agent) Monitor(stopCh <-chan struct{}, q *QueryOptions) (chan string, e
 			}
 
 			if scanner.Scan() {
-				if text := scanner.Text(); text != "" {
-					logCh <- text
+				var frame MonitorFrame
+				if bytes := scanner.Bytes(); len(bytes) > 0 {
+					frame.Data = bytes
+					frames <- &frame
 				} else {
-					logCh <- " "
+					frames <- &frame
 				}
 			} else {
 				break LOOP
@@ -278,7 +284,7 @@ func (a *Agent) Monitor(stopCh <-chan struct{}, q *QueryOptions) (chan string, e
 		}
 	}()
 
-	return logCh, nil
+	return frames, nil
 }
 
 // joinResponse is used to decode the response we get while
diff --git a/api/agent_test.go b/api/agent_test.go
index 82a8e93f8..4a0304f09 100644
--- a/api/agent_test.go
+++ b/api/agent_test.go
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ OUTER:
 	for {
 		select {
 		case log := <-logCh:
-			if strings.Contains(log, "[DEBUG]") {
+			if strings.Contains(string(log.Data), "[DEBUG]") {
 				break OUTER
 			}
 		case <-time.After(2 * time.Second):
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ OUTER:
 	for {
 		select {
 		case log := <-logCh:
-			if strings.Contains(log, "[DEBUG]") {
+			if strings.Contains(string(log.Data), "[DEBUG]") {
 				break OUTER
 			}
 		case <-time.After(2 * time.Second):
diff --git a/command/agent/monitor/monitor.go b/command/agent/monitor/monitor.go
index 3605bb992..471a2c451 100644
--- a/command/agent/monitor/monitor.go
+++ b/command/agent/monitor/monitor.go
@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@ func (d *Monitor) Start(stopCh <-chan struct{}) <-chan []byte {
 // Write attempts to send latest log to logCh
 // it drops the log if channel is unavailable to receive
 func (d *Monitor) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	d.Lock()
-	defer d.Unlock()
-
 	bytes := make([]byte, len(p))
 	copy(bytes, p)
 
diff --git a/command/agent_monitor.go b/command/agent_monitor.go
index c09c200da..a369fbb48 100644
--- a/command/agent_monitor.go
+++ b/command/agent_monitor.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (c *MonitorCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		Params: params,
 	}
 	eventDoneCh := make(chan struct{})
-	logCh, err := client.Agent().Monitor(eventDoneCh, query)
+	frames, err := client.Agent().Monitor(eventDoneCh, query)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error starting monitor: %s", err))
 		c.Ui.Error(commandErrorText(c))
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ func (c *MonitorCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	OUTER:
 		for {
 			select {
-			case log, ok := <-logCh:
+			case frame, ok := <-frames:
 				if !ok {
 					break OUTER
 				}
-				c.Ui.Output(log)
+				c.Ui.Output(string(frame.Data))
 			}
 		}