diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 847bd41..38565b3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+	Added 'syslog_facility' configuration option to
+	specify where to log.
+
 v1.18:	29MAR2016
 	Added USELIBPCRE to make use of regex engine
 	optional.
diff --git a/common.c b/common.c
index 810a610..5cfa80d 100644
--- a/common.c
+++ b/common.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * No code here should assume whether sockets are blocking or not.
  **/
 
+#define SYSLOG_NAMES
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <grp.h>
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ int foreground = 0;
 int background = 0;
 int transparent = 0;
 int numeric = 0;
-const char *user_name, *pid_file;
+const char *user_name, *pid_file, *facility = "auth";
 
 struct addrinfo *addr_listen = NULL; /* what addresses do we listen to? */
 
@@ -639,12 +640,21 @@ void setup_signals(void)
  * banner is made up of basename(bin_name)+"[pid]" */
 void setup_syslog(const char* bin_name) {
     char *name1, *name2;
-    int res;
+    int res, fn;
 
     name1 = strdup(bin_name);
     res = asprintf(&name2, "%s[%d]", basename(name1), getpid());
     CHECK_RES_DIE(res, "asprintf");
-    openlog(name2, LOG_CONS, LOG_AUTH);
+
+    for (fn = 0; facilitynames[fn].c_val != -1; fn++)
+        if (strcmp(facilitynames[fn].c_name, facility) == 0)
+            break;
+    if (fn == -1) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Unknown facility %s\n", facility);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    openlog(name2, LOG_CONS, fn);
     free(name1);
     /* Don't free name2, as openlog(3) uses it (at least in glibc) */
 
diff --git a/common.h b/common.h
index c83eb91..de96633 100644
--- a/common.h
+++ b/common.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ extern int probing_timeout, verbose, inetd, foreground,
 extern struct sockaddr_storage addr_ssl, addr_ssh, addr_openvpn;
 extern struct addrinfo *addr_listen;
 extern const char* USAGE_STRING;
-extern const char* user_name, *pid_file;
+extern const char* user_name, *pid_file, *facility;
 extern const char* server_type;
 
 /* sslh-fork.c */
diff --git a/example.cfg b/example.cfg
index b5cb37a..999f9a3 100644
--- a/example.cfg
+++ b/example.cfg
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ timeout: 2;
 user: "nobody";
 pidfile: "/var/run/sslh.pid";
 
+# Specify which syslog facility to use (names for your
+# system are usually defined in /usr/include/*/sys/syslog.h
+# or equivalent)
+# Default is "auth"
+syslog_facility: "auth"; 
 
 # List of interfaces on which we should listen
 # Options:
diff --git a/sslh-main.c b/sslh-main.c
index 289562b..e2a4e34 100644
--- a/sslh-main.c
+++ b/sslh-main.c
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ static int config_parse(char *filename, struct addrinfo **listen, struct proto *
     config_lookup_string(&config, "user", &user_name);
     config_lookup_string(&config, "pidfile", &pid_file);
 
+    config_lookup_string(&config, "syslog_facility", &facility);
+
     config_listen(&config, listen);
     config_protocols(&config, prots);