diff --git a/client/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in b/client/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in
index 26da171269de..6a85fc98599d 100755
--- a/client/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in
+++ b/client/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ under the License.
       <!-- Append warnings+ to the syslog if it is listening on UDP port -->
       <!-- ============================== -->
 
-      <Syslog name="SYSLOG" host="localhost" facility="LOCAL6">
-         <ThresholdFilter level="WARN" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
-         <PatternLayout pattern="%d{DEFAULT} %-5p [%c{1.}] (%t:%x) (logid:%X{logcontextid}) %m%ex{filters(${filters})}%n"/>
+      <Syslog name="SYSLOG" host="localhost" port="514" protocol="UDP" appName="ApacheCloudStack" facility="LOCAL6">
+               <ThresholdFilter level="WARN" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
+               <PatternLayout pattern="%d{DEFAULT} %-5p [%c{1.}] (%t:%x) (logid:%X{logcontextid}) %m%ex{filters(${filters})}%n"/>
       </Syslog>
 
       <!-- ============================== -->
diff --git a/server/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in b/server/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in
index 9a8e5dc7bf33..5841ca7a82da 100755
--- a/server/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in
+++ b/server/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in
@@ -56,10 +56,9 @@ under the License.
       <!-- Append warnings+ to the syslog if it is listening on UDP port -->
       <!-- ============================== -->
 
-
-      <Syslog name="SYSLOG" host="localhost" facility="LOCAL6">
-         <ThresholdFilter level="WARN" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
-         <PatternLayout pattern="%-5p [%c{1.}] (%t:%x) %m%ex%n"/>
+      <Syslog name="SYSLOG" host="localhost" port="514" protocol="UDP" appName="ApacheCloudStack" facility="LOCAL6">
+            <ThresholdFilter level="WARN" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
+            <PatternLayout pattern="%-5p [%c{1.}] (%t:%x) %m%ex%n"/>
       </Syslog>
 
       <!-- ============================== -->