diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index a67b348..28eb1ca 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -988,6 +988,15 @@
 		global.log_send_hostname = malloc(len + 2);
 		snprintf(global.log_send_hostname, len + 2, "%s ", name);
 	}
+	else if (!strcmp(args[0], "log-tag")) {  /* tag to report to syslog */
+		if (*(args[1]) == 0) {
+			Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : '%s' expects a tag for use in syslog.\n", file, linenum, args[0]);
+			err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		free(global.log_tag);
+		global.log_tag = strdup(args[1]);
+	}
 	else if (!strcmp(args[0], "spread-checks")) {  /* random time between checks (0-50) */
 		if (global.spread_checks != 0) {
 			Alert("parsing [%s:%d]: spread-checks already specified. Continuing.\n", file, linenum);