diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
index 5f62b4859..a9578106d 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
@@ -543,13 +543,13 @@ date > ${VARDIR}/restarted
 
 case $COMMAND in
     start)
-        mylogger kern.info "$g_product started"
+        mylogger daemon.info "$g_product started"
         ;;
     reload)
-        mylogger kern.info "$g_product reloaded"
+        mylogger daemon.info "$g_product reloaded"
         ;;
     restore)
-        mylogger kern.info "$g_product restored"
+        mylogger daemon.info "$g_product restored"
         ;;
 esac
 EOF
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Misc.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Misc.pm
index 3802167b4..87fe7407c 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Misc.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Misc.pm
@@ -2809,7 +2809,7 @@ EOF
     emit '
 
     set_state "Stopped"
-    mylogger kern.info "$g_product Stopped"
+    mylogger daemon.info "$g_product Stopped"
 
     case $COMMAND in
     stop|clear)
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/lib.runtime b/Shorewall/Perl/lib.runtime
index f654be373..e785a001b 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/lib.runtime
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/lib.runtime
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ clear_firewall() {
 
     set_state "Cleared"
 
-    logger -p kern.info "$g_product Cleared"
+    logger -p daemon.info "$g_product Cleared"
 }
 
 #
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ clear_firewall() {
 
     set_state "Cleared"
 
-    logger -p kern.info "$g_product Cleared"
+    logger -p daemon.info "$g_product Cleared"
 }
 
 ?endif # IPv6-specific functions.