diff --git a/src/logger.c b/src/logger.c
index bd19580..9b01a7d 100644
--- a/src/logger.c
+++ b/src/logger.c
@@ -205,9 +205,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int rotate = 0;
 	off_t size = 200 * 1024;
 	char *ident = NULL, *logfile = NULL;
+	char *sockpath = NULL;
 	char buf[512] = "";
 
-	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "?f:p:r:st:v")) != EOF) {
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "?f:p:r:st:u:v")) != EOF) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'f':
 			logfile = optarg;
@@ -230,6 +231,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			ident = optarg;
 			break;
 
+		case 'u':
+			sockpath = optarg;
+			break;
+
 		case 'v':	/* version */
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", version_info);
 			return 0;
@@ -267,6 +272,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 
 		log.log_file = fileno(fp);
+	} else if (sockpath) {
+		if (access(sockpath, W_OK))
+			err(1, "Socket path %s", sockpath);
+		log.log_sockpath = sockpath;
 	}
 
 	openlog_r(ident, log_opts, facility, &log);
diff --git a/src/syslog.c b/src/syslog.c
index 0ed0175..3af38a4 100644
--- a/src/syslog.c
+++ b/src/syslog.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static void
 connectlog_r(struct syslog_data *data)
 {
 	/* AF_UNIX address of local logger */
-	static const struct sockaddr_un sun = {
+	static struct sockaddr_un sun = {
 		.sun_family = AF_LOCAL,
 #ifdef HAVE_SA_LEN
 		.sun_len = sizeof(sun),
@@ -491,6 +491,9 @@ connectlog_r(struct syslog_data *data)
 		.sun_path = _PATH_LOG,
 	};
 
+	if (data->log_sockpath && !access(data->log_sockpath, W_OK))
+		strlcpy(sun.sun_path, data->log_sockpath, sizeof(sun.sun_path));
+
 	if (data->log_file == -1 || fcntl(data->log_file, F_GETFL, 0) == -1) {
 		data->log_file = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
 		if (data->log_file == -1)
diff --git a/src/syslog.h b/src/syslog.h
index 1ff1404..b6ebbae 100644
--- a/src/syslog.h
+++ b/src/syslog.h
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ struct syslog_data {
 	int	log_opened;
 	int	log_stat;
 	const char	*log_tag;
+	const char	*log_sockpath;	/* Path to socket */
 	char	log_hostname[256];	/* MAXHOSTNAMELEN */
 	int	log_fac;
 	int	log_mask;
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ struct syslog_data {
     .log_opened = 0, \
     .log_stat = 0, \
     .log_tag  = 0, \
+    .log_sockpath = NULL, \
     .log_hostname = { '\0' }, \
     .log_fac = LOG_USER, \
     .log_mask = 0xff, \