diff --git a/src/utils/wpa_debug.c b/src/utils/wpa_debug.c
index ba554efd3..b8c5e2fe4 100644
--- a/src/utils/wpa_debug.c
+++ b/src/utils/wpa_debug.c
@@ -78,9 +78,13 @@ void wpa_debug_print_timestamp(void)
 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG
+#ifndef LOG_HOSTAPD
+#define LOG_HOSTAPD LOG_DAEMON
+#endif /* LOG_HOSTAPD */
+
 void wpa_debug_open_syslog(void)
 {
-	openlog("wpa_supplicant", LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_DAEMON);
+	openlog("wpa_supplicant", LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_HOSTAPD);
 	wpa_debug_syslog++;
 }
 
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/Makefile b/wpa_supplicant/Makefile
index 19cc68503..aeb9ab98a 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/Makefile
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/Makefile
@@ -1225,6 +1225,9 @@ endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG
 CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG
+ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG_FACILITY
+CFLAGS += -DLOG_HOSTAPD="$(CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG_FACILITY)"
+endif
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE