diff --git a/irqbalance.c b/irqbalance.c
index 8057591..60f5411 100644
--- a/irqbalance.c
+++ b/irqbalance.c
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ char *banscript = NULL;
 char *polscript = NULL;
 long HZ;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
+	char *line_buffer_7ee22e61_f183;
+	char *log_buffer_4c93_8665;
+#endif /* HAVE_SYSTEMD */
+
 static void sleep_approx(int seconds)
 {
 	struct timespec ts;
@@ -259,7 +264,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 	sigaddset(&sigset,SIGUSR1);
 	sigaddset(&sigset,SIGUSR2);
 	sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sigset, &old_sigset);
-
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
+	line_buffer_7ee22e61_f183 = malloc(sizeof(char) * 2048);
+	log_buffer_4c93_8665 = malloc(sizeof(char) * 2048);
+#endif /* HAVE_SYSTEMD */
 #ifdef HAVE_GETOPT_LONG
 	parse_command_line(argc, argv);
 #else /* ! HAVE_GETOPT_LONG */
diff --git a/irqbalance.h b/irqbalance.h
index e6f4f87..c301427 100644
--- a/irqbalance.h
+++ b/irqbalance.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ enum hp_e {
 };
 
 extern int debug_mode;
+extern int journal_logging;
 extern int one_shot_mode;
 extern int need_rescan;
 extern enum hp_e global_hint_policy;
@@ -136,12 +137,34 @@ static inline void for_each_object(GList *list, void (*cb)(struct topo_obj *obj,
 
 extern char * log_indent;
 extern unsigned int log_mask;
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
+extern char *line_buffer_7ee22e61_f183;
+extern char *log_buffer_4c93_8665;
+#define log(mask, lvl, fmt, args...) do {					\
+	if (journal_logging) { 							\
+		sprintf(log_buffer_4c93_8665,fmt, ##args);			\
+		strcat(line_buffer_7ee22e61_f183, log_buffer_4c93_8665); 	\
+		if (line_buffer_7ee22e61_f183[strlen(line_buffer_7ee22e61_f183)-1]\
+		     == '\n' || strlen(line_buffer_7ee22e61_f183) > 256 ) {	\
+			printf("<%d>%s", lvl, line_buffer_7ee22e61_f183);	\
+			line_buffer_7ee22e61_f183[0] = '\0';			\
+			line_buffer_7ee22e61_f183[0] = '\0';			\
+		} 								\
+	} else { 								\
+		if (log_mask & mask & TO_SYSLOG) 				\
+			syslog(lvl, fmt, ##args); 				\
+		if (log_mask & mask & TO_CONSOLE) 				\
+			printf(fmt, ##args); 					\
+	} 									\
+}while(0)
+#else /* ! HAVE_SYSTEMD */
 #define log(mask, lvl, fmt, args...) do {\
 	if (log_mask & mask & TO_SYSLOG)\
 		syslog(lvl, fmt, ##args);\
 	if (log_mask & mask & TO_CONSOLE)\
 		printf(fmt, ##args);\
 }while(0)
+#endif /* HAVE_SYSTEMD */
 
-#endif
+#endif /* __INCLUDE_GUARD_IRQBALANCE_H_ */