diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 75efc6fb7a..1caec4916c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+4959.	[func]		NSID logging (enabled by the "request-nsid" option)
+			now has its own "nsid" category, instead of using the
+			"resolver" category. [GL !332]
+
 4958.	[bug]		Remove redundant space from NSEC3 record. [GL #281]
 
 4957.	[func]		The default setting for "dnssec-validation" is now
diff --git a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
index ebda5e5690..4f428a45e1 100644
--- a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
+++ b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
@@ -6052,7 +6052,7 @@ options {
 		  queries to authoritative name servers during iterative
 		  resolution. If the authoritative server returns an NSID
 		  option in its response, then its contents are logged in
-		  the <command>resolver</command> category at level
+		  the <command>nsid</command> category at level
 		  <command>info</command>.
 		  The default is <userinput>no</userinput>.
 		</para>
diff --git a/doc/arm/logging-categories.xml b/doc/arm/logging-categories.xml
index 9d3856d444..25914633ab 100644
--- a/doc/arm/logging-categories.xml
+++ b/doc/arm/logging-categories.xml
@@ -193,6 +193,16 @@
 	  </para>
 	</entry>
       </row>
+      <row rowsep="0">
+	<entry colname="1">
+	  <para><command>nsid</command></para>
+	</entry>
+	<entry colname="2">
+	  <para>
+	    NSID options received from upstream servers.
+	  </para>
+	</entry>
+      </row>
       <row rowsep="0">
 	<entry colname="1">
 	  <para><command>queries</command></para>
diff --git a/doc/arm/notes.xml b/doc/arm/notes.xml
index 5032df3741..553c7da716 100644
--- a/doc/arm/notes.xml
+++ b/doc/arm/notes.xml
@@ -263,6 +263,13 @@
 	  [GL #203]
 	</para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+	<para>
+	  NSID logging (enabled by the <command>request-nsid</command>
+	  option) now has its own <command>nsid</command> category,
+	  instead of using the <command>resolver</command> category.
+	</para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </section>
 
diff --git a/lib/dns/include/dns/log.h b/lib/dns/include/dns/log.h
index 6f4d557a71..712cdfdff6 100644
--- a/lib/dns/include/dns/log.h
+++ b/lib/dns/include/dns/log.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ LIBDNS_EXTERNAL_DATA extern isc_logmodule_t dns_modules[];
 #define DNS_LOGCATEGORY_SPILL		(&dns_categories[15])
 #define DNS_LOGCATEGORY_DNSTAP		(&dns_categories[16])
 #define DNS_LOGCATEGORY_ZONELOAD	(&dns_categories[17])
+#define DNS_LOGCATEGORY_NSID		(&dns_categories[18])
 
 /* Backwards compatibility. */
 #define DNS_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL		ISC_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL
diff --git a/lib/dns/log.c b/lib/dns/log.c
index f1d78d7027..aaa281fc78 100644
--- a/lib/dns/log.c
+++ b/lib/dns/log.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ LIBDNS_EXTERNAL_DATA isc_logcategory_t dns_categories[] = {
 	{ "spill",	0 },
 	{ "dnstap",	0 },
 	{ "zoneload",	0 },
+	{ "nsid",	0 },
 	{ NULL, 	0 }
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/dns/resolver.c b/lib/dns/resolver.c
index 3c11ff2ee1..3b18f41254 100644
--- a/lib/dns/resolver.c
+++ b/lib/dns/resolver.c
@@ -6964,7 +6964,7 @@ log_nsid(isc_buffer_t *opt, size_t nsid_len, resquery_t *query,
 
 	isc_sockaddr_format(&query->addrinfo->sockaddr, addrbuf,
 			    sizeof(addrbuf));
-	isc_log_write(dns_lctx, DNS_LOGCATEGORY_RESOLVER,
+	isc_log_write(dns_lctx, DNS_LOGCATEGORY_NSID,
 		      DNS_LOGMODULE_RESOLVER, level,
 		      "received NSID %s (\"%s\") from %s", buf, pbuf, addrbuf);
  cleanup: