diff --git a/udevd.c b/udevd.c
index 23df5359bb..0999b5fa75 100644
--- a/udevd.c
+++ b/udevd.c
@@ -76,15 +76,16 @@ void log_message(int priority, const char *format, ...)
 	if (priority > udev_log_priority)
 		return;
 
-	va_start(args, format);
-	vsyslog(priority, format, args);
-	va_end(args);
-
 	if (verbose) {
+		printf("[%d] ", (int) getpid());
 		va_start(args, format);
 		vprintf(format, args);
 		va_end(args);
 		printf("\n");
+	} else {
+		va_start(args, format);
+		vsyslog(priority, format, args);
+		va_end(args);
 	}
 }