diff --git a/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml.in b/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml.in
index e16932228e..3b308253f8 100644
--- a/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml.in
+++ b/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml.in
@@ -473,13 +473,16 @@ unmanaged-devices=mac:00:22:68:1c:59:b1;mac:00:1E:65:30:D1:C4;interface-name:eth
 	<varlistentry>
 	  <term><varname>backend</varname></term>
 	  <listitem><para>The logging backend. Supported values
-	  are "<literal>debug</literal>", "<literal>syslog</literal>" and
-	  "<literal>journal</literal>". "<literal>debug</literal>" uses syslog
-	  and logs to standard error.
+	  are "<literal>debug</literal>", "<literal>syslog</literal>",
+	  "<literal>journal</literal>" and "<literal>journal-syslog-style</literal>.
+	  "<literal>debug</literal>" uses syslog and logs to standard error.
+	  "<literal>journal-syslog-style</literal>" prints the same message to journal
+	  as it would print for "<literal>syslog</literal>", containing redudant
+	  fields in the text.
 	  If NetworkManager is started in debug mode (<literal>--debug</literal>)
-	  this option is ignored and we always use "<literal>debug</literal>".
-	  Otherwise, the default is "<literal>journal</literal>" if NetworkManager
-	  was compiled with systemd journal support.
+	  this option is ignored and "<literal>debug</literal>" is always used.
+	  Otherwise, the default is "<literal>journal-syslog-style</literal>" if
+	  NetworkManager was compiled with systemd journal support.
 	  </para></listitem>
 	</varlistentry>
       </variablelist>
diff --git a/src/nm-logging.c b/src/nm-logging.c
index d8a1811197..c1a81e0d0c 100644
--- a/src/nm-logging.c
+++ b/src/nm-logging.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ enum {
 	LOG_BACKEND_GLIB,
 	LOG_BACKEND_SYSLOG,
 	LOG_BACKEND_JOURNAL,
+	LOG_BACKEND_JOURNAL_SYSLOG_STYLE,
 } log_backend = LOG_BACKEND_GLIB;
 static char *logging_domains_to_string;
 
@@ -470,6 +471,7 @@ _nm_log_impl (const char *file,
 	switch (log_backend) {
 #if SYSTEMD_JOURNAL
 	case LOG_BACKEND_JOURNAL:
+	case LOG_BACKEND_JOURNAL_SYSLOG_STYLE:
 		{
 			gint64 now, boottime;
 #define _NUM_MAX_FIELDS_SYSLOG_FACILITY 10
@@ -482,7 +484,12 @@ _nm_log_impl (const char *file,
 			boottime = nm_utils_monotonic_timestamp_as_boottime (now, 1);
 
 			_iovec_set_format (iov, iov_free, i_field++, "PRIORITY=%d", syslog_level);
-			_iovec_set_format (iov, iov_free, i_field++, "MESSAGE=%-7s %s", level_str, msg);
+			if (   log_backend == LOG_BACKEND_JOURNAL_SYSLOG_STYLE
+			    && full_details) {
+				g_get_current_time (&tv);
+				_iovec_set_format (iov, iov_free, i_field++, "MESSAGE=%-7s [%ld.%06ld] [%s:%u] %s(): %s", level_str, tv.tv_sec, tv.tv_usec, file, line, func, msg);
+			} else
+				_iovec_set_format (iov, iov_free, i_field++, "MESSAGE=%-7s %s", level_str, msg);
 			_iovec_set_literal_string (iov, iov_free, i_field++, "SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=" G_LOG_DOMAIN);
 			_iovec_set_format (iov, iov_free, i_field++, "SYSLOG_PID=%ld", (long) getpid ());
 			{
@@ -601,6 +608,7 @@ nm_log_handler (const gchar *log_domain,
 	switch (log_backend) {
 #if SYSTEMD_JOURNAL
 	case LOG_BACKEND_JOURNAL:
+	case LOG_BACKEND_JOURNAL_SYSLOG_STYLE:
 		{
 			gint64 now, boottime;
 
@@ -637,7 +645,10 @@ nm_logging_syslog_openlog (const char *logging_backend)
 		openlog (G_LOG_DOMAIN, LOG_CONS | LOG_PERROR | LOG_PID, LOG_USER);
 #if SYSTEMD_JOURNAL
 	} else if (g_strcmp0 (logging_backend, "syslog") != 0) {
-		log_backend = LOG_BACKEND_JOURNAL;
+		if (g_strcmp0 (logging_backend, "journal-syslog-style") != 0)
+			log_backend = LOG_BACKEND_JOURNAL;
+		else
+			log_backend = LOG_BACKEND_JOURNAL_SYSLOG_STYLE;
 
 		/* ensure we read a monotonic timestamp. Reading the timestamp the first
 		 * time causes a logging message. We don't want to do that during _nm_log_impl. */