diff --git a/obexd/client/main.c b/obexd/client/main.c
index 74db15e..20d56d2 100644
--- a/obexd/client/main.c
+++ b/obexd/client/main.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	event_loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
 
-	__obex_log_init(option_debug, !option_stderr);
+	__obex_log_init("obex-client", option_debug, !option_stderr);
 
 	DBG("Entering main loop");
 
diff --git a/obexd/src/log.c b/obexd/src/log.c
index 39489a2..baa57c5 100644
--- a/obexd/src/log.c
+++ b/obexd/src/log.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void __obex_log_enable_debug()
 		desc->flags |= OBEX_DEBUG_FLAG_PRINT;
 }
 
-void __obex_log_init(const char *debug, int detach)
+void __obex_log_init(const char *label, const char *debug, int detach)
 {
 	int option = LOG_NDELAY | LOG_PID;
 	struct obex_debug_desc *desc;
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ void __obex_log_init(const char *debug, int detach)
 	if (!detach)
 		option |= LOG_PERROR;
 
-	openlog("obexd", option, LOG_DAEMON);
+	openlog(label, option, LOG_DAEMON);
 
-	syslog(LOG_INFO, "OBEX daemon %s", VERSION);
+	syslog(LOG_INFO, "%s daemon %s", label, VERSION);
 }
 
 void __obex_log_cleanup(void)
diff --git a/obexd/src/log.h b/obexd/src/log.h
index 1bf1b05..e322565 100644
--- a/obexd/src/log.h
+++ b/obexd/src/log.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void error(const char *format, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 
 void obex_debug(const char *format, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 
-void __obex_log_init(const char *debug, int detach);
+void __obex_log_init(const char *label, const char *debug, int detach);
 void __obex_log_cleanup(void);
 void __obex_log_enable_debug(void);
 
diff --git a/obexd/src/main.c b/obexd/src/main.c
index 14e7d16..1e78615 100644
--- a/obexd/src/main.c
+++ b/obexd/src/main.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	__obex_log_init(option_debug, option_detach);
+	__obex_log_init("obexd", option_debug, option_detach);
 
 	DBG("Entering main loop");