diff --git a/src/apps/common/ns_turn_utils.c b/src/apps/common/ns_turn_utils.c
index 675838ab2..d5ce30f87 100644
--- a/src/apps/common/ns_turn_utils.c
+++ b/src/apps/common/ns_turn_utils.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static int int_fac[]={LOG_AUTH ,  LOG_CRON , LOG_DAEMON ,
 
 static int syslog_facility = 0;
 
-static int str2facility(char *s)
+static int str_to_syslog_facility(char *s)
 {
 	int i;
 	for (i=0; str_fac[i]; i++) {
@@ -182,8 +182,9 @@ void set_syslog_facility(char *val)
 	if(val == NULL){
 		return;
 	}
-	int tmp = str2facility(val);
+	int tmp = str_to_syslog_facility(val);
 	if(tmp == -1){
+		TURN_LOG_FUNC(TURN_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "WARNING: invalid syslog-facility value (%s); ignored.\n", val);
 		return;
 	}
 	syslog_facility = tmp;
diff --git a/src/apps/relay/mainrelay.c b/src/apps/relay/mainrelay.c
index a4d88b863..c98299c84 100644
--- a/src/apps/relay/mainrelay.c
+++ b/src/apps/relay/mainrelay.c
@@ -991,6 +991,7 @@ static const struct myoption long_options[] = {
 				{ "no-rfc5780", optional_argument, NULL, NO_RFC5780 },
 				{ "no-stun-backward-compatibility", optional_argument, NULL, NO_STUN_BACKWARD_COMPATIBILITY_OPT },
 				{ "response-origin-only-with-rfc5780", optional_argument, NULL, RESPONSE_ORIGIN_ONLY_WITH_RFC5780_OPT },
+				{ "syslog-facility", required_argument, NULL, SYSLOG_FACILITY_OPT },
 				{ NULL, no_argument, NULL, 0 }
 };
 
@@ -1681,6 +1682,7 @@ static void set_option(int c, char *value)
 	case SIMPLE_LOG_OPT:
 	case NEW_LOG_TIMESTAMP_OPT:
 	case NEW_LOG_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT_OPT:
+	case SYSLOG_FACILITY_OPT:
 	case 'c':
 	case 'n':
 	case 'h':
@@ -1811,6 +1813,8 @@ static void read_config_file(int argc, char **argv, int pass)
 						use_new_log_timestamp_format=1;
 					} else if ((pass==0) && (c==NEW_LOG_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT_OPT)) {
 						set_turn_log_timestamp_format(value);
+					} else if((pass==0) && (c==SYSLOG_FACILITY_OPT)) {
+						set_syslog_facility(value);	
 					} else if((pass == 1) && (c != 'u')) {
 						set_option(c, value);
 					} else if((pass == 2) && (c == 'u')) {
@@ -2297,6 +2301,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			case NEW_LOG_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT_OPT:
 				set_turn_log_timestamp_format(optarg);
 				break;
+			case SYSLOG_FACILITY_OPT:
+				set_syslog_facility(optarg);
+				break;				
 			default:
 				;
 			}