diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index f4ef249b3..3e5b84c35 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ static void early_init(void) {
 }
 
 static void init_everything(void) {
-	log_init("rtpengine");
+	log_init(rtpe_common_config_ptr->log_name);
 	log_format(rtpe_config.log_format);
 	recording_fs_init(rtpe_config.spooldir, rtpe_config.rec_method, rtpe_config.rec_format);
 	rtpe_ssl_init();
diff --git a/daemon/rtpengine.pod b/daemon/rtpengine.pod
index 39674277e..c30d53468 100644
--- a/daemon/rtpengine.pod
+++ b/daemon/rtpengine.pod
@@ -318,6 +318,11 @@ if logging to syslog.
 Don't add timestamps to log lines written to stderr.
 Only useful in combination with B<--log-stderr>.
 
+=item B<--log-name=>I<STRING>
+
+Set the id to be printed in syslog.
+Defaults to B<rtpengine>.
+
 =item B<--log-mark-prefix=>I<STRING>
 
 Prefix to be added to particular data fields in log files that are deemed
diff --git a/lib/auxlib.c b/lib/auxlib.c
index 24902504d..880f444ab 100644
--- a/lib/auxlib.c
+++ b/lib/auxlib.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ void config_load_free(struct rtpengine_common_config *cconfig) {
 	g_free(cconfig->config_file);
 	g_free(cconfig->config_section);
 	g_free(cconfig->log_facility);
+	g_free(cconfig->log_name);
 	g_free(cconfig->log_mark_prefix);
 	g_free(cconfig->log_mark_suffix);
 	g_free(cconfig->pidfile);
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ void config_load(int *argc, char ***argv, GOptionEntry *app_entries, const char
 		{ "split-logs",		0, 0,	G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&rtpe_common_config_ptr->split_logs,	"Split multi-line log messages",	NULL		},
 		{ "max-log-line-length",0,   0,	G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&rtpe_common_config_ptr->max_log_line_length,	"Break log lines at this length","INT"		},
 		{ "no-log-timestamps",	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&rtpe_common_config_ptr->no_log_timestamps,"Drop timestamps from log lines to stderr",NULL	},
+		{ "log-name",	0,	0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &rtpe_common_config_ptr->log_name,	"Set the id to be printed in syslog",	NULL	},
 		{ "log-mark-prefix",	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&rtpe_common_config_ptr->log_mark_prefix,"Prefix for sensitive log info",	NULL		},
 		{ "log-mark-suffix",	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&rtpe_common_config_ptr->log_mark_suffix,"Suffix for sensitive log info",	NULL		},
 		{ "pidfile",		'p', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME,	&rtpe_common_config_ptr->pidfile,	"Write PID to file",			"FILE"		},
@@ -300,6 +302,9 @@ void config_load(int *argc, char ***argv, GOptionEntry *app_entries, const char
 
 out:
 	// default common values, if not configured
+	if (rtpe_common_config_ptr->log_name == NULL)
+		rtpe_common_config_ptr->log_name = g_strdup("rtpengine");
+
 	if (rtpe_common_config_ptr->log_mark_prefix == NULL)
 		rtpe_common_config_ptr->log_mark_prefix = g_strdup("");
 
diff --git a/lib/auxlib.h b/lib/auxlib.h
index 9fe8861d4..65f397cb9 100644
--- a/lib/auxlib.h
+++ b/lib/auxlib.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct rtpengine_common_config {
 	int log_stderr;
 	int split_logs;
 	int no_log_timestamps;
+	char *log_name;
 	char *log_mark_prefix;
 	char *log_mark_suffix;
 	char *pidfile;