diff --git a/config/config.sample.php b/config/config.sample.php
index 743d76aae35..57ab586cb2f 100644
--- a/config/config.sample.php
+++ b/config/config.sample.php
@@ -513,6 +513,14 @@ $CONFIG = array(
  */
 'loglevel' => 2,
 
+/**
+ * If you maintain different instances and aggregate the logs, you may want
+ * to distinguish between them. ``syslog_tag`` can be set per instance
+ * with a unique id. Only available if ``log_type`` is set to ``syslog``.
+ * The default value is ``ownCloud``.
+ */
+'syslog_tag' => 'ownCloud',
+
 /**
  * Log condition for log level increase based on conditions. Once one of these
  * conditions is met, the required log level is set to debug. This allows to
diff --git a/lib/private/log/syslog.php b/lib/private/log/syslog.php
index cb42c1dc011..71debaffd33 100644
--- a/lib/private/log/syslog.php
+++ b/lib/private/log/syslog.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class OC_Log_Syslog {
 	 * Init class data
 	 */
 	public static function init() {
-		openlog('ownCloud', LOG_PID | LOG_CONS, LOG_USER);
+		openlog(OC_Config::getValue("syslog_tag", "ownCloud"), LOG_PID | LOG_CONS, LOG_USER);
 		// Close at shutdown
 		register_shutdown_function('closelog');
 	}