diff --git a/www-apps/pleroma/Manifest b/www-apps/pleroma/Manifest
index e5b7a2a51..171ca8d4e 100644
--- a/www-apps/pleroma/Manifest
+++ b/www-apps/pleroma/Manifest
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
 Hash: SHA256
 
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+AUX syslog.exs 193 BLAKE2B 63ec05041a10b7f3a5c7fbd8bf454819eafbd98efd635a2888d7db7333e212a872ea212889bb9ee81c1810bf9f55d6d7d7133e0a6619d23c9e3bdcac04d70c73 SHA512 fd47e00575a64cd519a1229ca429059eb9ca5c0a1e8454b56995606e25f9fcfad0107d92207eab41aad36ccf30b506a5475781225274fc55841fd55ec74928f1
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diff --git a/www-apps/pleroma/files/syslog.exs b/www-apps/pleroma/files/syslog.exs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48e68bb60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www-apps/pleroma/files/syslog.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config :logger,
+  backends: [{ExSyslogger, :ex_syslogger}]
+
+config :logger, :ex_syslogger,
+  level: :warn,
+  ident: "pleroma",
+  format: "$metadata[$level] $message",
+  metadata: [:request_id]
diff --git a/www-apps/pleroma/pleroma-1.0.1.ebuild b/www-apps/pleroma/pleroma-1.0.1.ebuild
index 05a14a449..d156b0fdc 100644
--- a/www-apps/pleroma/pleroma-1.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/www-apps/pleroma/pleroma-1.0.1.ebuild
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ pkg_config() {
 
 		if use syslog; then
 			einfo "Activating syslog in ${configfile} ..."
-			echo -e "config :logger,\n  backends: [{ExSyslogger, :ex_syslogger}]\n\n" \
-				 "config :logger, :ex_syslogger,\n  level: :warn'" >> ${configfile}
+			cat "${FILESDIR}/syslog.exs" >> ${configfile}
 		fi
 
 		einfo "Creating the database..."