diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/system/files/obmc-phosphor-sysd.service b/common/recipes-phosphor/system/files/obmc-phosphor-sysd.service
index 5a8c9a0..d4dacf5 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/system/files/obmc-phosphor-sysd.service
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/system/files/obmc-phosphor-sysd.service
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 [Service]
 Restart=always
-ExecStart={sbindir}/obmc-phosphor-sysd
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/env obmc-phosphor-sysd
+SyslogIdentifier=obmc-phosphor-sysd
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy={SYSTEMD_DEFAULT_TARGET}