diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 3c2131a..eb290b7 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/zrepl/yaml-config"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"log/syslog"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ func (j JobEnum) Name() string {
 	case *PullJob: name = v.Name
 	case *SourceJob: name = v.Name
 	default:
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("unknownn job type %T", v))
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("unknown job type %T", v))
 	}
 	return name
 }
@@ -258,6 +259,7 @@ type StdoutLoggingOutlet struct {
 
 type SyslogLoggingOutlet struct {
 	LoggingOutletCommon `yaml:",inline"`
+	Facility            syslog.Priority `yaml:"facility,default=local0"`
 	RetryInterval       time.Duration `yaml:"retry_interval,positive,default=10s"`
 }
 
@@ -284,6 +286,16 @@ type PrometheusMonitoring struct {
 	Listen string `yaml:"listen"`
 }
 
+type SyslogFacilityEnum struct {
+	Ret interface{}
+}
+
+type SyslogFacilityEnumList []SyslogFacilityEnum
+
+type SyslogFacility struct {
+	Facility syslog.Priority
+}
+
 type GlobalControl struct {
 	SockPath string `yaml:"sockpath,default=/var/run/zrepl/control"`
 }
@@ -389,6 +401,32 @@ func (t *MonitoringEnum) UnmarshalYAML(u func(interface{}, bool) error) (err err
 	return
 }
 
+func (t *SyslogFacilityEnum) UnmarshalYAML(u func(interface{}, bool) error) (err error) {
+	t.Ret, err = enumUnmarshal(u, map[string]interface{}{
+		"kern":     &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_KERN},
+		"user":     &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_USER},
+		"mail":     &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_MAIL},
+		"daemon":   &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_DAEMON},
+		"auth":     &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_AUTH},
+		"syslog":   &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_SYSLOG},
+		"lpr":      &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_LPR},
+		"news":     &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_NEWS},
+		"uucp":     &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_UUCP},
+		"cron":     &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_CRON},
+		"authpriv": &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_AUTHPRIV},
+		"ftp":      &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_FTP},
+		"local0":   &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_LOCAL0},
+		"local1":   &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_LOCAL1},
+		"local2":   &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_LOCAL2},
+		"local3":   &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_LOCAL3},
+		"local4":   &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_LOCAL4},
+		"local5":   &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_LOCAL5},
+		"local6":   &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_LOCAL6},
+		"local7":   &SyslogFacility{syslog.LOG_LOCAL7},
+	})
+	return
+}
+
 var ConfigFileDefaultLocations = []string{
 	"/etc/zrepl/zrepl.yml",
 	"/usr/local/etc/zrepl/zrepl.yml",
diff --git a/config/config_global_test.go b/config/config_global_test.go
index e14b936..a6c4f7b 100644
--- a/config/config_global_test.go
+++ b/config/config_global_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/zrepl/yaml-config"
+	"log/syslog"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -72,6 +74,35 @@ global:
 	assert.Equal(t, ":9091", conf.Global.Monitoring[0].Ret.(*PrometheusMonitoring).Listen)	
 }
 
+func TestSyslogLoggingOutletFacility(t *testing.T) {
+	type SyslogFacilityPriority struct {
+		Facility string
+		Priority syslog.Priority
+	}
+	syslogFacilitiesPriorities := []SyslogFacilityPriority{
+		{"kern", syslog.LOG_KERN}, {"daemon", syslog.LOG_DAEMON}, {"auth", syslog.LOG_AUTH},
+		{"syslog", syslog.LOG_SYSLOG}, {"lpr", syslog.LOG_LPR}, {"news", syslog.LOG_NEWS},
+		{"uucp", syslog.LOG_UUCP}, {"cron", syslog.LOG_CRON}, {"authpriv", syslog.LOG_AUTHPRIV},
+		{"ftp", syslog.LOG_FTP}, {"local0", syslog.LOG_LOCAL0}, {"local1", syslog.LOG_LOCAL1},
+		{"local2", syslog.LOG_LOCAL2}, {"local3", syslog.LOG_LOCAL3}, {"local4", syslog.LOG_LOCAL4},
+		{"local5", syslog.LOG_LOCAL5}, {"local6", syslog.LOG_LOCAL6}, {"local7", syslog.LOG_LOCAL7},
+	}
+
+	for _, sFP := range syslogFacilitiesPriorities {
+		logcfg := fmt.Sprintf(`
+global:
+  logging:
+  - type: syslog
+    level: info
+    format: human
+    facility: %s
+`, sFP.Facility)
+		conf := testValidGlobalSection(t, logcfg)
+		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(*conf.Global.Logging))
+		assert.Equal(t, sFP.Priority, (*conf.Global.Logging)[0].Ret.(*SyslogLoggingOutlet).Facility)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLoggingOutletEnumList_SetDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	e := &LoggingOutletEnumList{}
 	var i yaml.Defaulter = e
diff --git a/daemon/logging/build_logging.go b/daemon/logging/build_logging.go
index bcefec5..e4c2634 100644
--- a/daemon/logging/build_logging.go
+++ b/daemon/logging/build_logging.go
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ func parseSyslogOutlet(in *config.SyslogLoggingOutlet, formatter EntryFormatter)
 	out = &SyslogOutlet{}
 	out.Formatter = formatter
 	out.Formatter.SetMetadataFlags(MetadataNone)
+	out.Facility = in.Facility
 	out.RetryInterval = in.RetryInterval
 	return out, nil
 }
diff --git a/daemon/logging/logging_outlets.go b/daemon/logging/logging_outlets.go
index 5a00d42..b03d008 100644
--- a/daemon/logging/logging_outlets.go
+++ b/daemon/logging/logging_outlets.go
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ func (h *TCPOutlet) WriteEntry(e logger.Entry) error {
 type SyslogOutlet struct {
 	Formatter          EntryFormatter
 	RetryInterval      time.Duration
+	Facility           syslog.Priority
 	writer             *syslog.Writer
 	lastConnectAttempt time.Time
 }
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ func (o *SyslogOutlet) WriteEntry(entry logger.Entry) error {
 		if now.Sub(o.lastConnectAttempt) < o.RetryInterval {
 			return nil // not an error toward logger
 		}
-		o.writer, err = syslog.New(syslog.LOG_LOCAL0, "zrepl")
+		o.writer, err = syslog.New(o.Facility, "zrepl")
 		o.lastConnectAttempt = time.Now()
 		if err != nil {
 			o.writer = nil
diff --git a/docs/configuration/logging.rst b/docs/configuration/logging.rst
index f1a8466..a9077bb 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/logging.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration/logging.rst
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ Can only be specified once.
       -  minimum  :ref:`log level <logging-levels>`
     * - ``format``
       - output :ref:`format <logging-formats>`
+    * - ``facility``
+      - Which syslog facility to use (default = ``local0``)
     * - ``retry_interval``
       - Interval between reconnection attempts to syslog (default = 0)