diff --git a/drivers/syslog/Kconfig b/drivers/syslog/Kconfig
index b79fdd3106e..cbe3a60fafe 100644
--- a/drivers/syslog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/syslog/Kconfig
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ config SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP_REALTIME
 		CLOCK_MONOTONIC, if enabled, will be used or the system timer
 		is not.
 
+config SYSLOG_PROCESSID
+	bool "Prepend Process ID to syslog message"
+	default n
+	---help---
+		Prepend Process ID to syslog message.
+
 config SYSLOG_PREFIX
 	bool "Prepend prefix to syslog message"
 	default n
diff --git a/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c b/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c
index e6cf91716c5..2b04ff6aab2 100644
--- a/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c
+++ b/drivers/syslog/vsyslog.c
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ int nx_vsyslog(int priority, FAR const IPTR char *fmt, FAR va_list *ap)
   ret = 0;
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_SYSLOG_PROCESSID)
+  /* Pre-pend the Process ID */
+
+  ret += lib_sprintf(&stream.public, "[%2d] ", (int)getpid());
+#endif
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYSLOG_PREFIX)
   /* Pre-pend the prefix, if available */