diff --git a/drivers/syslog/Kconfig b/drivers/syslog/Kconfig
index 461a32c0fc..7664a63981 100644
--- a/drivers/syslog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/syslog/Kconfig
@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ config SYSLOG_PRIORITY
 	---help---
 		Prepend log priority (severity) to syslog message.
 
+config SYSLOG_PROCESSID
+	bool "Prepend Process ID to syslog message"
+	default n
+	---help---
+		Prepend Process ID to syslog message.
+
 config SYSLOG_PREFIX
 	bool "Prepend prefix to syslog message"
 	default n
diff --git a/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c b/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c
index 728db13b10..b4441df080 100644
--- a/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c
+++ b/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ int nx_vsyslog(int priority, FAR const IPTR char *fmt, FAR va_list *ap)
   ret += lib_sprintf(&stream.public, "[%6s] ", g_priority_str[priority]);
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_SYSLOG_PROCESSID)
+  /* Pre-pend the Process ID */
+
+  ret += lib_sprintf(&stream.public, "[%2d] ", (int)getpid());
+#endif
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYSLOG_COLOR_OUTPUT)
   /* Set the terminal style according to message priority. */