diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 4f5769c9..2c1949e0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1659,3 +1659,7 @@ J
 Jesus Bravo Alvarez <jba@pobox.com>
  for reporting a second place where a message should be given when an instant
  recording is started
+
+Francois-Xavier Kowalski <francois-xavier.kowalski@hp.com>
+ for suggesting how to modify logging so that even on NPTL systems each line in
+ the log file shows the individual thread's pid
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 0e2c5366..2d5e0c10 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -4194,3 +4194,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 
 - Fixed a second place where a message should be given when an instant recording
   is started (reported by Jesus Bravo Alvarez).
+- Modified logging so that even on NPTL systems each line in the log file shows
+  the individual thread's pid (based on a suggestion from Francois-Xavier Kowalski).
diff --git a/tools.c b/tools.c
index 33b2ec62..85fd4061 100644
--- a/tools.c
+++ b/tools.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: tools.c 1.110 2006/01/15 14:31:45 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: tools.c 1.111 2006/01/15 16:42:37 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "tools.h"
@@ -26,9 +26,22 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <utime.h>
 #include "i18n.h"
+#include "thread.h"
 
 int SysLogLevel = 3;
 
+#define MAXSYSLOGBUF 256
+
+void syslog_with_tid(int priority, const char *format, ...)
+{
+  va_list ap;
+  char fmt[MAXSYSLOGBUF];
+  snprintf(fmt, sizeof(fmt), "[%d] %s", cThread::ThreadId(), format);
+  va_start(ap, format);
+  vsyslog(priority, fmt, ap);
+  va_end(ap); 
+}
+
 int BCD2INT(int x)
 {
   return ((1000000 * BCDCHARTOINT((x >> 24) & 0xFF)) +
diff --git a/tools.h b/tools.h
index 23afea56..7e57744b 100644
--- a/tools.h
+++ b/tools.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: tools.h 1.89 2006/01/08 11:40:37 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: tools.h 1.90 2006/01/15 16:19:56 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __TOOLS_H
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ typedef unsigned long long int uint64;
 
 extern int SysLogLevel;
 
-#define esyslog(a...) void( (SysLogLevel > 0) ? syslog(LOG_ERR,   a) : void() )
-#define isyslog(a...) void( (SysLogLevel > 1) ? syslog(LOG_INFO,  a) : void() )
-#define dsyslog(a...) void( (SysLogLevel > 2) ? syslog(LOG_DEBUG, a) : void() )
+#define esyslog(a...) void( (SysLogLevel > 0) ? syslog_with_tid(LOG_ERR,   a) : void() )
+#define isyslog(a...) void( (SysLogLevel > 1) ? syslog_with_tid(LOG_INFO,  a) : void() )
+#define dsyslog(a...) void( (SysLogLevel > 2) ? syslog_with_tid(LOG_DEBUG, a) : void() )
 
 #define LOG_ERROR         esyslog("ERROR (%s,%d): %m", __FILE__, __LINE__)
 #define LOG_ERROR_STR(s)  esyslog("ERROR: %s: %m", s)
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ template<class T> inline int sgn(T a) { return a < 0 ? -1 : a > 0 ? 1 : 0; }
 template<class T> inline void swap(T &a, T &b) { T t = a; a = b; b = t; }
 #endif
 
+void syslog_with_tid(int priority, const char *format, ...);
+
 #define BCDCHARTOINT(x) (10 * ((x & 0xF0) >> 4) + (x & 0xF))
 int BCD2INT(int x);
 
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 4c5aa7c2..cc4c0a64 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 1.239 2006/01/15 16:01:32 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 1.240 2006/01/15 16:23:21 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   // Log file:
 
   if (SysLogLevel > 0)
-     openlog("vdr", LOG_PID | LOG_CONS, SysLogTarget);
+     openlog("vdr", LOG_CONS, SysLogTarget); // LOG_PID doesn't work as expected under NPTL
 
   // Check the video directory: