diff --git a/src/util/virlog.c b/src/util/virlog.c
index b45ee919c2..627f4cb250 100644
--- a/src/util/virlog.c
+++ b/src/util/virlog.c
@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ virLogOutputToJournald(virLogSourcePtr source,
     journalAddString(&state, "MESSAGE", rawstr);
     journalAddInt(&state, "PRIORITY",
                   virLogPrioritySyslog(priority));
+    journalAddInt(&state, "SYSLOG_FACILITY", LOG_DAEMON);
     journalAddString(&state, "LIBVIRT_SOURCE", source->name);
     if (filename)
         journalAddString(&state, "CODE_FILE", filename);