--- i2pd.in.orig	2020-07-16 23:48:38.957551000 +0000
+++ i2pd.in	2020-12-26 11:58:48.596349000 +0000
@@ -22,12 +22,18 @@
 : ${i2pd_group="%%GROUP%%"}
 : ${i2pd_pidfile="/var/run/${name}/${name}.pid"}
 : ${i2pd_datadir="/var/db/${name}"}
-: ${i2pd_logfile="/var/log/${name}/${name}.log"}
+
+case "$i2pd_logfile" in
+  syslog)	log="--log syslog" ;;
+  syslog:*)	log="--log syslog --loglevel ${i2pd_logfile#syslog:}" ;;
+  *)		: ${i2pd_logfile="/var/log/${name}/${name}.log"}
+		log="--log file --logfile ${i2pd_logfile}" ;;
+esac
 
 required_dirs=${i2pd_datadir}
 pidfile=${i2pd_pidfile}
 command="%%PREFIX%%/bin/${name}"
-command_args="--pidfile ${i2pd_pidfile} --service --datadir ${i2pd_datadir} --log file --logfile ${i2pd_logfile} --daemon"
+command_args="--pidfile ${i2pd_pidfile} --service --datadir ${i2pd_datadir} --daemon $log"
 extra_commands="reload"
 reload_cmd="pkill -1 -F ${i2pd_pidfile} -x i2pd"