diff --git a/sbin/hastctl/hastctl.c b/sbin/hastctl/hastctl.c
index d19b541e00b3..80b4e49628b0 100644
--- a/sbin/hastctl/hastctl.c
+++ b/sbin/hastctl/hastctl.c
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		break;
 	}
 
+	pjdlog_init(PJDLOG_MODE_STD);
 	pjdlog_debug_set(debug);
 
 	cfg = yy_config_parse(cfgpath, true);
diff --git a/sbin/hastd/hastd.c b/sbin/hastd/hastd.c
index 30478cad60ab..37c2bf5cc931 100644
--- a/sbin/hastd/hastd.c
+++ b/sbin/hastd/hastd.c
@@ -772,6 +772,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	argc -= optind;
 	argv += optind;
 
+	pjdlog_init(PJDLOG_MODE_STD);
 	pjdlog_debug_set(debuglevel);
 
 	g_gate_load();
diff --git a/sbin/hastd/pjdlog.c b/sbin/hastd/pjdlog.c
index 2d62412ee7c1..61530f3dd812 100644
--- a/sbin/hastd/pjdlog.c
+++ b/sbin/hastd/pjdlog.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -41,10 +42,37 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 
 #include "pjdlog.h"
 
+static bool pjdlog_initialized = false;
 static int pjdlog_mode = PJDLOG_MODE_STD;
 static int pjdlog_debug_level = 0;
 static char pjdlog_prefix[128];
 
+void
+pjdlog_init(int mode)
+{
+
+	assert(!pjdlog_initialized);
+	assert(mode == PJDLOG_MODE_STD || mode == PJDLOG_MODE_SYSLOG);
+
+	if (mode == PJDLOG_MODE_SYSLOG)
+		openlog(NULL, LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_DAEMON);
+	pjdlog_mode = mode;
+
+	pjdlog_initialized = true;
+}
+
+void
+pjdlog_fini(void)
+{
+
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
+
+	if (pjdlog_mode == PJDLOG_MODE_SYSLOG)
+		closelog();
+
+	pjdlog_initialized = false;
+}
+
 /*
  * Configure where the logs should go.
  * By default they are send to stdout/stderr, but after going into background
@@ -55,12 +83,18 @@ void
 pjdlog_mode_set(int mode)
 {
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
 	assert(mode == PJDLOG_MODE_STD || mode == PJDLOG_MODE_SYSLOG);
 
-	pjdlog_mode = mode;
+	if (pjdlog_mode == mode)
+		return;
 
 	if (mode == PJDLOG_MODE_SYSLOG)
 		openlog(NULL, LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_DAEMON);
+	else /* if (mode == PJDLOG_MODE_STD) */
+		closelog();
+
+	pjdlog_mode = mode;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -70,6 +104,8 @@ int
 pjdlog_mode_get(void)
 {
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
+
 	return (pjdlog_mode);
 }
 
@@ -81,6 +117,7 @@ void
 pjdlog_debug_set(int level)
 {
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
 	assert(level >= 0);
 
 	pjdlog_debug_level = level;
@@ -93,6 +130,8 @@ int
 pjdlog_debug_get(void)
 {
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
+
 	return (pjdlog_debug_level);
 }
 
@@ -105,6 +144,8 @@ pjdlog_prefix_set(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
+
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	pjdlogv_prefix_set(fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
@@ -118,6 +159,7 @@ void
 pjdlogv_prefix_set(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
 	assert(fmt != NULL);
 
 	vsnprintf(pjdlog_prefix, sizeof(pjdlog_prefix), fmt, ap);
@@ -160,6 +202,8 @@ pjdlog_common(int loglevel, int debuglevel, int error, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
+
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	pjdlogv_common(loglevel, debuglevel, error, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
@@ -174,6 +218,7 @@ pjdlogv_common(int loglevel, int debuglevel, int error, const char *fmt,
     va_list ap)
 {
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
 	assert(loglevel == LOG_EMERG || loglevel == LOG_ALERT ||
 	    loglevel == LOG_CRIT || loglevel == LOG_ERR ||
 	    loglevel == LOG_WARNING || loglevel == LOG_NOTICE ||
@@ -250,6 +295,8 @@ void
 pjdlogv(int loglevel, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
+
 	/* LOG_DEBUG is invalid here, pjdlogv?_debug() should be used. */
 	assert(loglevel == LOG_EMERG || loglevel == LOG_ALERT ||
 	    loglevel == LOG_CRIT || loglevel == LOG_ERR ||
@@ -267,6 +314,8 @@ pjdlog(int loglevel, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
+
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	pjdlogv(loglevel, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
@@ -279,6 +328,8 @@ void
 pjdlogv_debug(int debuglevel, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
+
 	pjdlogv_common(LOG_DEBUG, debuglevel, -1, fmt, ap);
 }
 
@@ -290,6 +341,8 @@ pjdlog_debug(int debuglevel, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
+
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	pjdlogv_debug(debuglevel, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
@@ -302,6 +355,8 @@ void
 pjdlogv_errno(int loglevel, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
+
 	pjdlogv_common(loglevel, 0, errno, fmt, ap);
 }
 
@@ -313,6 +368,8 @@ pjdlog_errno(int loglevel, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
+
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	pjdlogv_errno(loglevel, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
@@ -325,6 +382,8 @@ void
 pjdlogv_exit(int exitcode, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
+
 	pjdlogv_errno(LOG_ERR, fmt, ap);
 	exit(exitcode);
 	/* NOTREACHED */
@@ -338,6 +397,8 @@ pjdlog_exit(int exitcode, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
+
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	pjdlogv_exit(exitcode, fmt, ap);
 	/* NOTREACHED */
@@ -351,6 +412,8 @@ void
 pjdlogv_exitx(int exitcode, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
+
 	pjdlogv(LOG_ERR, fmt, ap);
 	exit(exitcode);
 	/* NOTREACHED */
@@ -364,6 +427,8 @@ pjdlog_exitx(int exitcode, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
+	assert(pjdlog_initialized);
+
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	pjdlogv_exitx(exitcode, fmt, ap);
 	/* NOTREACHED */
diff --git a/sbin/hastd/pjdlog.h b/sbin/hastd/pjdlog.h
index b81efa6d90f7..e9d1740a6703 100644
--- a/sbin/hastd/pjdlog.h
+++ b/sbin/hastd/pjdlog.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 2009-2010 The FreeBSD Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * This software was developed by Pawel Jakub Dawidek under sponsorship from
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@
 #define	PJDLOG_MODE_STD		0
 #define	PJDLOG_MODE_SYSLOG	1
 
+void pjdlog_init(int mode);
+void pjdlog_fini(void);
+
 void pjdlog_mode_set(int mode);
 int pjdlog_mode_get(void);