diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bbdea73..fbcd7fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   * **no-task** with fusioninventory__agent_conf_no_task variable
   * **tasks** with fusioninventory__agent_conf_tasks variable
   * **logger** with fusioninventory__agent_conf_log_logger variable
+  * **logfacility** with fusioninventory__agent_conf_log_facility variable
 
 ## v1.3.1
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58702a5..2a591f4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Some variables used to generate FusionInventery agent.cfg file from Ansible temp
 * **fusioninventory__agent_conf_httpd_port** : TCP port used by the webserver server to listen [default⎵: `62354`].
 * **fusioninventory__agent_conf_httpd_trust** : hostname or IP or subnet authorized for http request [default⎵: ``].
 * **fusioninventory__agent_conf_log_logger** : Specifies the logger backend to use [default⎵: `syslog`].
+* **fusioninventory__agent_conf_log_facility** : Specifies the syslog facility to use for the syslog logger backend [default⎵: `LOG_DAEMON`].
 * **fusioninventory__agent_conf_tag** : Add given tag to inventory results [default⎵: ``].
 * **fusioninventory__agent_conf_debug** : If debug mode should be enabled [default⎵: `False`].
 
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 4314eae..fb614d5 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -222,6 +222,22 @@ fusioninventory__agent_conf_httpd_trust: ''
 #
 fusioninventory__agent_conf_log_logger: 'syslog'
                                                                    # ]]]
+# .. envvar:: fusioninventory__agent_conf_log_facility: [[[
+#
+# Specifies the syslog facility to use for the syslog logger backend.
+# The possible values are:
+#
+# ``LOG_DAEMON``
+#   Default. System daemons without separate facility value.
+#
+#   ``LOG_USER``
+#   Generic user-level messages
+#
+#   ``…``
+#   For all possible values, check syslog(3) manual.
+#
+fusioninventory__agent_conf_log_facility: 'LOG_DAEMON'
+                                                                   # ]]]
 # .. envvar:: fusioninventory__agent_conf_tag [[[
 #
 # Add given tag to inventory results
diff --git a/templates/etc/fusioninventory/agent.cfg.j2 b/templates/etc/fusioninventory/agent.cfg.j2
index 4177bac..5a9950e 100644
--- a/templates/etc/fusioninventory/agent.cfg.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/fusioninventory/agent.cfg.j2
@@ -137,8 +137,10 @@ logger = {{ fusioninventory__agent_conf_log_logger }}
 #logfile = /var/log/fusioninventory.log
 # maximum log file size, in MB
 #logfile-maxsize = 0
+{% if fusioninventory__agent_conf_log_logger == 'syslog' %}
 # Syslog facility
-logfacility = LOG_DAEMON
+logfacility = {{ fusioninventory__agent_conf_log_facility }}
+{% endif %}
 # Use color in the console
 color = 0