diff --git a/plist b/plist
index f06ef22cd..66f2d8b85 100644
--- a/plist
+++ b/plist
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
 /usr/local/opnsense/contrib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/gzdecode.php
 /usr/local/opnsense/contrib/simplepie/phpunit.xml.dist
 /usr/local/opnsense/contrib/tzdata/iso3166.tab
+/usr/local/opnsense/firmware-product
 /usr/local/opnsense/mvc/app/cache/README
 /usr/local/opnsense/mvc/app/config/config.php
 /usr/local/opnsense/mvc/app/config/loader.php
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/config.lib.inc b/src/etc/inc/config.lib.inc
index 20dd0cd6d..528a679d0 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/config.lib.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/config.lib.inc
@@ -29,23 +29,12 @@
     POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 */
 
-openlog('opnsense', LOG_ODELAY, LOG_USER);
-register_shutdown_function('closelog');
-
 global $g; /* XXX make this a getter function for traceability */
 
-$g = array(
-    'factory_shipped_username' => 'root',
-    'factory_shipped_password' => 'opnsense',
-    'dhcpd_chroot_path' => '/var/dhcpd',
-    'unbound_chroot_path' => '/var/unbound',
-    'product_name' => 'OPNsense',
-    'product_website' => 'https://opnsense.org/',
-    'product_email' => 'project@opnsense.org',
-    'product_copyright_owner' => 'Deciso B.V.',
-    'product_copyright_years' => '2014-2017',
-    'product_copyright_url' => 'https://www.deciso.com/',
-);
+$g = json_decode(file_get_contents('/usr/local/opnsense/firmware-product'), true);
+
+openlog($g['product_id'], LOG_ODELAY, LOG_USER);
+register_shutdown_function('closelog');
 
 require_once("xmlparse.inc");
 require_once("crypt.inc");
diff --git a/src/opnsense/firmware-product b/src/opnsense/firmware-product
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe634395f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/opnsense/firmware-product
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "dhcpd_chroot_path": "/var/dhcpd",
+    "factory_shipped_password": "opnsense",
+    "factory_shipped_username": "root",
+    "product_copyright_owner": "Deciso B.V.",
+    "product_copyright_url": "https://www.deciso.com/",
+    "product_copyright_years": "2014-2017",
+    "product_email": "project@opnsense.org",
+    "product_id": "opnsense",
+    "product_name": "OPNsense",
+    "product_website": "https://opnsense.org/",
+    "unbound_chroot_path": "/var/unbound"
+}