diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-legacy.conf b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-legacy.conf
index c89d8f917..08ac479aa 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-legacy.conf
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-legacy.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 
 destination legacy_dst {
-    unix-dgram("/var/run/legacy_log" template("${MSGHDR}${MESSAGE}\n"));
+    unix-dgram("/var/run/legacy_log" template("<$PRI>${MSGHDR}${MESSAGE}\n"));
 };
 
 log {