Index: main/logger.c
===================================================================
--- main/logger.c	(revision 84510)
+++ main/logger.c	(working copy)
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@
 static struct {
 	unsigned int queue_log:1;
 	unsigned int event_log:1;
-} logfiles = { 1, 1 };
+	unsigned int syslog_ng:1;
+} logfiles = { 1, 1, 0 };
 
 static char hostname[MAXHOSTNAMELEN];
 
@@ -336,6 +337,8 @@
 		logfiles.queue_log = ast_true(s);
 	if ((s = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "general", "event_log")))
 		logfiles.event_log = ast_true(s);
+	if ((s = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "general", "syslog_ng")))
+		logfiles.syslog_ng = ast_true(s);
 
 	AST_LIST_LOCK(&logchannels);
 	var = ast_variable_browse(cfg, "logfiles");
@@ -668,6 +671,11 @@
 			 levels[level], (long)GETTID(), file, line, function);
 	}
 	s = buf + strlen(buf);
+
+	/* syslog-ng is occasionally braindead on the first character in the message */
+	if (logfiles.syslog_ng)
+		buf[s++] = "_";
+
 	vsnprintf(s, sizeof(buf) - strlen(buf), fmt, args);
 	term_strip(s, s, strlen(s) + 1);
 	syslog(syslog_level_map[level], "%s", buf);
Index: configs/logger.conf.sample
===================================================================
--- configs/logger.conf.sample	(revision 84510)
+++ configs/logger.conf.sample	(working copy)
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@
 ; (defaults to yes).
 ;event_log = no
 ;
+; If you're running syslog-ng and you use syslog logging, turn this
+; option on to avoid a potentially stupid bug in syslog-ng.
+;syslog_ng = yes
 ;
+;
 ; For each file, specify what to log.
 ;
 ; For console logging, you set options at start of