1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/log.c b/log.c
index dd9e9b802..3f87a63ee 100644
--- a/log.c
+++ b/log.c
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ static char *argv0;
 
 extern char *__progname;
 
+#define LOG_SYSLOG_VIS  (VIS_CSTYLE|VIS_NL|VIS_TAB|VIS_OCTAL)
+#define LOG_STDERR_VIS  (VIS_SAFE|VIS_OCTAL)
+
 /* textual representation of log-facilities/levels */
 
 static struct {
@@ -318,7 +321,8 @@ do_log(LogLevel level, const char *fmt, va_list args)
         } else {
                 vsnprintf(msgbuf, sizeof(msgbuf), fmt, args);
         }
-        strnvis(fmtbuf, msgbuf, sizeof(fmtbuf), VIS_SAFE|VIS_OCTAL);
+        strnvis(fmtbuf, msgbuf, sizeof(fmtbuf),
+            log_on_stderr ? LOG_STDERR_VIS : LOG_SYSLOG_VIS);
         if (log_on_stderr) {
                 snprintf(msgbuf, sizeof msgbuf, "%s\r\n", fmtbuf);
                 write(STDERR_FILENO, msgbuf, strlen(msgbuf));