diff --git a/src/ngircd/log.c b/src/ngircd/log.c
index 80b2c056..d81bec24 100644
--- a/src/ngircd/log.c
+++ b/src/ngircd/log.c
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ Log_Message(int Level, const char *msg)
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * Initialitze logging.
+ * This function is called before the configuration file is read in.
+ *
+ * @param Daemon_Mode Set to true if ngIRCd is running as daemon.
+ */
 GLOBAL void
 Log_Init(bool Daemon_Mode)
 {
@@ -80,6 +86,23 @@ Log_Init(bool Daemon_Mode)
 } /* Log_Init */
 
 
+/**
+ * Re-init logging after reading the configuration file.
+ */
+GLOBAL void
+Log_ReInit(void)
+{
+#ifdef SYSLOG
+#ifndef LOG_CONS     /* Kludge: mips-dec-ultrix4.5 has no LOG_CONS */
+#define LOG_CONS 0
+#endif
+	closelog();
+	openlog(PACKAGE_NAME, LOG_CONS|LOG_PID, Conf_SyslogFacility);
+#endif
+	Log(LOG_NOTICE, "%s started.", NGIRCd_Version);
+}
+
+
 GLOBAL void
 Log_Exit( void )
 {
diff --git a/src/ngircd/log.h b/src/ngircd/log.h
index 5222b5d2..f582e6c8 100644
--- a/src/ngircd/log.h
+++ b/src/ngircd/log.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * ngIRCd -- The Next Generation IRC Daemon
- * Copyright (c)2001-2010 Alexander Barton (alex@barton.de)
+ * Copyright (c)2001-2012 Alexander Barton (alex@barton.de)
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ GLOBAL void Log_Init PARAMS(( bool Daemon_Mode ));
 GLOBAL void Log_Exit PARAMS(( void ));
 
 GLOBAL void Log PARAMS(( int Level, const char *Format, ... ));
+GLOBAL void Log_ReInit PARAMS((void));
 
 GLOBAL void Log_ServerNotice PARAMS((char UserMode, const char *Format, ...));
 
diff --git a/src/ngircd/ngircd.c b/src/ngircd/ngircd.c
index 874dfa3f..60d15a1f 100644
--- a/src/ngircd/ngircd.c
+++ b/src/ngircd/ngircd.c
@@ -255,11 +255,11 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 		NGIRCd_SignalRestart = false;
 		NGIRCd_SignalQuit = false;
 
-		Random_Init();
-
 		/* Initialize modules, part I */
 		Log_Init(!NGIRCd_NoDaemon);
+		Random_Init();
 		Conf_Init();
+		Log_ReInit();
 
 		/* Initialize the "main program": chroot environment, user and
 		 * group ID, ... */