diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 0852c10e..a6b67890 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -3389,6 +3389,7 @@ Dietmar Spingler <d_spingler@gmx.de>
  for suggesting to implement the setup option "Recording/Record key handling"
  for suggesting to cache the channel/CAM relations in the file 'cam.data'
  for suggesting to optionally list the channels with channel ids in the SVDRP command LSTC
+ for suggesting to include the channel ID in log messages about switching channels
 
 Stefan Schallenberg <infos@nafets.de>
  for adding the functions IndexOf(), InsertUnique(), AppendUnique() and RemoveElement()
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 57c7b08c..e0d00b56 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -8997,3 +8997,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   the current SID, in order to avoid any parental rating dialogs.
 - Fixed handling UNC values (the shift operator behaves unexpected for shift values
   larger than the size of the variable).
+- Log messages about switching channels now include the channel ID (suggested by
+  Dietmar Spingler).
diff --git a/device.c b/device.c
index 185565b5..21f98644 100644
--- a/device.c
+++ b/device.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: device.c 4.16 2017/05/01 09:24:49 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: device.c 4.17 2017/05/01 13:00:57 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "device.h"
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ bool cDevice::MaySwitchTransponder(const cChannel *Channel) const
 bool cDevice::SwitchChannel(const cChannel *Channel, bool LiveView)
 {
   if (LiveView) {
-     isyslog("switching to channel %d (%s)", Channel->Number(), Channel->Name());
+     isyslog("switching to channel %d %s (%s)", Channel->Number(), *Channel->GetChannelID().ToString(), Channel->Name());
      cControl::Shutdown(); // prevents old channel from being shown too long if GetDevice() takes longer
      }
   for (int i = 3; i--;) {
diff --git a/menu.c b/menu.c
index 357aaf83..ac3c086c 100644
--- a/menu.c
+++ b/menu.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: menu.c 4.25 2017/04/20 09:15:49 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: menu.c 4.26 2017/05/01 13:01:00 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "menu.h"
@@ -5185,7 +5185,7 @@ bool cRecordControls::Start(cTimers *Timers, cTimer *Timer, bool Pause)
      int Priority = Timer ? Timer->Priority() : Pause ? Setup.PausePriority : Setup.DefaultPriority;
      cDevice *device = cDevice::GetDevice(Channel, Priority, false);
      if (device) {
-        dsyslog("switching device %d to channel %d (%s)", device->DeviceNumber() + 1, Channel->Number(), Channel->Name());
+        dsyslog("switching device %d to channel %d %s (%s)", device->DeviceNumber() + 1, Channel->Number(), *Channel->GetChannelID().ToString(), Channel->Name());
         if (!device->SwitchChannel(Channel, false)) {
            ShutdownHandler.RequestEmergencyExit();
            return false;
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 925f35fb..4fc2bf1e 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.tvdr.de
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 4.12 2017/04/03 12:35:37 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 4.13 2017/05/01 13:00:51 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                        if (!Device->IsTunedToTransponder(Timer->Channel())) {
                           if (Device == cDevice::ActualDevice() && !Device->IsPrimaryDevice())
                              cDevice::PrimaryDevice()->StopReplay(); // stop transfer mode
-                          dsyslog("switching device %d to channel %d (%s)", Device->DeviceNumber() + 1, Timer->Channel()->Number(), Timer->Channel()->Name());
+                          dsyslog("switching device %d to channel %d %s (%s)", Device->DeviceNumber() + 1, Timer->Channel()->Number(), *Timer->Channel()->GetChannelID().ToString(), Timer->Channel()->Name());
                           if (Device->SwitchChannel(Timer->Channel(), false))
                              Device->SetOccupied(TIMERDEVICETIMEOUT);
                           }