diff --git a/distro/systemd/openvpn-client@.service.in b/distro/systemd/openvpn-client@.service.in
index cbcef653..266d9f9c 100644
--- a/distro/systemd/openvpn-client@.service.in
+++ b/distro/systemd/openvpn-client@.service.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Documentation=https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/HOWTO
 Type=notify
 PrivateTmp=true
 WorkingDirectory=/etc/openvpn/client
-ExecStart=@sbindir@/openvpn --suppress-timestamps --nobind --config %i.conf
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/openvpn --syslog %p@%i --suppress-timestamps --nobind --config %i.conf
 CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_IPC_LOCK CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID CAP_SYS_CHROOT CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE
 LimitNPROC=10
 DeviceAllow=/dev/null rw
diff --git a/distro/systemd/openvpn-server@.service.in b/distro/systemd/openvpn-server@.service.in
index d1cc72cb..be086b79 100644
--- a/distro/systemd/openvpn-server@.service.in
+++ b/distro/systemd/openvpn-server@.service.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Documentation=https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/HOWTO
 Type=notify
 PrivateTmp=true
 WorkingDirectory=/etc/openvpn/server
-ExecStart=@sbindir@/openvpn --status %t/openvpn-server/status-%i.log --status-version 2 --suppress-timestamps --config %i.conf
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/openvpn --syslog %p@%i --status %t/openvpn-server/status-%i.log --status-version 2 --suppress-timestamps --config %i.conf
 CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_IPC_LOCK CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID CAP_SYS_CHROOT CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_AUDIT_WRITE
 LimitNPROC=10
 DeviceAllow=/dev/null rw