diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index aa9e9ecf..9d752f26 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ void conf_parse_cond(svc_t *svc, char *cond)
 	ptr[i] = 0;
 
 	if (i >= sizeof(svc->cond)) {
-		FLOG_WARN("Too long event list in declaration of %s: %s", svc->cmd, ptr);
+		logit(LOG_WARNING, "Too long event list in declaration of %s: %s", svc->cmd, ptr);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -212,10 +212,10 @@ void conf_parse_rlimit(char *line)
 	return;
 
 fail:
-	FLOG_WARN("rlimit: Failed setting rlimit %s", name->name ? : "unknown");
+	logit(LOG_WARNING, "rlimit: Failed setting rlimit %s", name->name ? : "unknown");
 	return;
 error:
-	FLOG_WARN("rlimit: parse error");
+	logit(LOG_WARNING, "rlimit: parse error");
 }
 
 static void parse_static(char *line)
diff --git a/getty.c b/getty.c
index 6c3d13d7..9662cebc 100644
--- a/getty.c
+++ b/getty.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ int getty(char *tty, char *baud, char *UNUSED(term))
 	if (baud) {
 		speed = do_parse_speed(baud);
 		if (speed == B0) {
-			FLOG_ERROR("TTY %s: Invalid speed %s", tty, baud);
+			logit(LOG_CRIT, "TTY %s: Invalid speed %s", tty, baud);
 			return 1;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/helpers.c b/helpers.c
index 91e11219..a35c61f6 100644
--- a/helpers.c
+++ b/helpers.c
@@ -173,6 +173,34 @@ int print_result(int fail)
 	return fail;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Log to stderr until syslogd has started, then openlog() and continue
+ * logging as a regular daemon.
+ *
+ * TODO: Log to /dev/kmsg instead of stderr until syslogd has started
+ *       Need to convert facility+prio => "<VAL> msg"
+ */
+void logit(int prio, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list    ap;
+    static int active = 0;
+
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
+    if (!active && !fexist("/dev/log")) {
+	    vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+	    va_end(ap);
+	    return;
+    }
+
+    if (!active) {
+	    openlog("finit", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
+	    active = 1;
+    }
+
+    vsyslog(prio, fmt, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+}
+
 int getuser(char *username, char **home)
 {
 #ifdef ENABLE_STATIC
diff --git a/helpers.h b/helpers.h
index 434e6aa1..14cde2c9 100644
--- a/helpers.h
+++ b/helpers.h
@@ -30,19 +30,6 @@
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#define DO_LOG(level, fmt, args...)				\
-do {								\
-	openlog("finit", LOG_CONS | LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);	\
-	syslog(level, fmt, ##args);				\
-	closelog();						\
-} while (0)
-
-#define FLOG_DEBUG(fmt, args...)  DO_LOG(LOG_DEBUG, fmt, ##args)
-#define FLOG_INFO(fmt, args...)   DO_LOG(LOG_INFO, fmt, ##args)
-#define FLOG_WARN(fmt, args...)   DO_LOG(LOG_WARNING, fmt, ##args)
-#define FLOG_ERROR(fmt, args...)  DO_LOG(LOG_CRIT, fmt, ##args)
-#define FLOG_PERROR(fmt, args...) DO_LOG(LOG_CRIT, fmt ". Error %d: %s", ##args, errno, strerror(errno))
-
 #define echo(fmt, args...) do {              fprintf(stderr,                    fmt "\n", ##args); } while (0)
 #define   _d(fmt, args...) do { if (debug) { fprintf(stderr, "finit:%s:%s() - " fmt "\n", __FILE__, __func__, ##args); } } while (0)
 #define   _e(fmt, args...) do {              fprintf(stderr, "finit:%s:%s() - " fmt "\n", __FILE__, __func__, ##args); } while (0)
@@ -61,6 +48,9 @@ void    procname_set    (char *name, char *args[]);
 void    print           (int action, const char *fmt, ...);
 void    print_desc      (char *action, char *desc);
 int     print_result    (int fail);
+
+void    logit           (int prio, const char *fmt, ...);
+
 int     start_process   (char *cmd, char *args[], int console);
 void    do_sleep        (unsigned int sec);
 int     getuser         (char *username, char **home);
diff --git a/inetd.c b/inetd.c
index d76d6f2e..83d3fbfa 100755
--- a/inetd.c
+++ b/inetd.c
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@
 #include "private.h"
 #include "service.h"
 
-#define ENABLE_SOCKOPT(sd, level, opt)					\
-	do {								\
-		int val = 1;						\
-		if (setsockopt(sd, level, opt, &val, sizeof(val)) < 0)	\
-			FLOG_PERROR("Failed setting %s on %s service.", \
-				    #opt, inetd->name);			\
+#define ENABLE_SOCKOPT(sd, level, opt)						\
+	do {									\
+		int val = 1;							\
+		if (setsockopt(sd, level, opt, &val, sizeof(val)) < 0)		\
+			logit(LOG_CRIT, "Failed enabling %s on %s service.",	\
+			      #opt, inetd->name);				\
 	} while (0);
 
 /* Peek into SOCK_DGRAM socket to figure out where an inbound packet comes from. */
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static int get_stdin(svc_t *svc)
 		/* Open new client socket from server socket */
 		stdin = accept(stdin, NULL, NULL);
 		if (stdin < 0) {
-			FLOG_PERROR("Failed accepting inetd service %d/tcp", svc->inetd.port);
+			logit(LOG_CRIT, "Failed accepting inetd service %d/tcp", svc->inetd.port);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static int get_stdin(svc_t *svc)
 	}
 
 	if (!inetd_is_allowed(&svc->inetd, ifname)) {
-		FLOG_INFO("Service %s on %s:%d is not allowed.", svc->inetd.name, ifname, svc->inetd.port);
+		logit(LOG_INFO, "Service %s on %s:%d is not allowed.", svc->inetd.name, ifname, svc->inetd.port);
 		if (svc->inetd.type == SOCK_STREAM)
 			close(stdin);
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static void socket_cb(uev_t *UNUSED(w), void *arg, int UNUSED(events))
 	_d("Got event on %s socket ...", svc->cmd);
 	stdin = get_stdin(svc);
 	if (stdin < 0) {
-		FLOG_ERROR("%s: Unable to accept incoming connection", svc->cmd);
+		logit(LOG_CRIT, "%s: Unable to accept incoming connection", svc->cmd);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ static void socket_cb(uev_t *UNUSED(w), void *arg, int UNUSED(events))
 	 * passing it to the inetd service, that's what is expected.
 	 */
 	if (fcntl(stdin, F_SETFL, fcntl(stdin, F_GETFL, 0) & ~O_NONBLOCK) < 0) {
-		FLOG_ERROR("Failed disabling non-blocking on %s socket", svc->cmd);
+		logit(LOG_CRIT, "Failed disabling non-blocking on %s socket", svc->cmd);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	task = svc_new(svc->cmd, svc->inetd.next_id++, SVC_TYPE_INETD_CONN);
 	if (!task) {
-		FLOG_ERROR("%s: Unable to allocate service for inetd client",
+		logit(LOG_CRIT, "%s: Unable to allocate service for inetd client",
 			   svc->cmd);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ int inetd_check_loop(struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t len, char *name)
 
 		if (((const struct sockaddr_in *)sa)->sin_port == i->port) {
 			getnameinfo(sa, len, pname, sizeof(pname), NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST);
-			FLOG_WARN("%s/%s:%s/%s loop request REFUSED from %s", i->name, "UDP", name, "UDP", pname);
+			logit(LOG_WARNING, "%s/%s:%s/%s loop request REFUSED from %s", i->name, "UDP", name, "UDP", pname);
 			return 1;
 		}
         }
@@ -226,14 +226,14 @@ static int spawn_socket(inetd_t *inetd)
 	struct sockaddr_in s;
 
 	if (!inetd->type) {
-		FLOG_ERROR("Skipping invalid inetd service %s", inetd->name);
+		logit(LOG_CRIT, "Skipping invalid inetd service %s", inetd->name);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	_d("Spawning server socket for inetd %s, type %s ...", inetd->name, inetd->type == SOCK_STREAM ? "stream" : "dgram");
 	sd = socket(AF_INET, inetd->type | SOCK_NONBLOCK | SOCK_CLOEXEC, inetd->proto);
 	if (-1 == sd) {
-		FLOG_PERROR("Failed opening inetd socket type %d proto %d", inetd->type, inetd->proto);
+		logit(LOG_CRIT, "Failed opening inetd socket type %d proto %d", inetd->type, inetd->proto);
 		return -errno;
 	}
 
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ static int spawn_socket(inetd_t *inetd)
 	s.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
 	s.sin_port        = htons(inetd->port);
 	if (bind(sd, (struct sockaddr *)&s, len) < 0) {
-		FLOG_PERROR("Failed binding to port %d, maybe another %s server is already running",
-			    inetd->port, inetd->name);
+		logit(LOG_CRIT, "Failed binding to port %d, maybe another %s server is already running?",
+		      inetd->port, inetd->name);
 		close(sd);
 		return -errno;
 	}
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int spawn_socket(inetd_t *inetd)
 	if (inetd->port) {
 		if (inetd->type == SOCK_STREAM) {
 			if (-1 == listen(sd, 10)) {
-				FLOG_PERROR("Failed listening to inetd service %s", inetd->name);
+				logit(LOG_CRIT, "Failed listening to inetd service %s", inetd->name);
 				close(sd);
 				return -errno;
 			}
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static int spawn_socket(inetd_t *inetd)
 	}
 
 	if (uev_io_init(ctx, &inetd->watcher, socket_cb, inetd->svc, sd, UEV_READ)) {
-		FLOG_PERROR("Failed setting up inetd watcher for %s", inetd->name);
+		logit(LOG_CRIT, "Failed setting up inetd watcher for %s", inetd->name);
 		close(sd);
 		return -errno;
 	}
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ int inetd_start(inetd_t *inetd)
 
 	/* Restore O_NONBLOCK for socket */
 	if (fcntl(sd, F_SETFL, fcntl(sd, F_GETFL, 0) | O_NONBLOCK)) {
-		FLOG_PERROR("Cannot safely (re)start %s inetd service", inetd->svc->cmd);
+		logit(LOG_CRIT, "Cannot safely (re)start %s inetd service", inetd->svc->cmd);
 		return -errno;
 	}
 
@@ -646,9 +646,7 @@ int inetd_new(inetd_t *inetd, char *name, char *service, char *proto, int forkin
 		inetd->type = SOCK_DGRAM;
 
 	if (inetd->type == SOCK_DGRAM && inetd->forking) {
-		FLOG_WARN("%s: 'nowait' is not applicable on UDP services, ignoring",
-			  svc->cmd);
-
+		logit(LOG_WARNING, "%s: 'nowait' is not applicable on UDP services, ignoring", svc->cmd);
 		inetd->forking = 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/lost.c b/plugins/lost.c
index 626a0207..e2a2a3f6 100644
--- a/plugins/lost.c
+++ b/plugins/lost.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static void lost_pid(void *arg)
 	if (!svc)
 		return;
 
-	FLOG_INFO("Lost PID %u, svc %s", pid, svc->cmd);
+	logit(LOG_INFO, "Lost PID %u, svc %s", pid, svc->cmd);
 }
 
 static plugin_t plugin = {
diff --git a/service.c b/service.c
index 17776814..eeebb603 100755
--- a/service.c
+++ b/service.c
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ void service_monitor(pid_t lost)
 	snprintf(pidfile, sizeof(pidfile), "%s%s.pid", _PATH_VARRUN, basename(svc->cmd));
 	if (remove(pidfile)) {
 		if (errno != ENOENT)
-			FLOG_PERROR("Failed removing service %s pidfile %s", basename(svc->cmd), pidfile);
+			logit(LOG_CRIT, "Failed removing service %s pidfile %s", basename(svc->cmd), pidfile);
 	}
 
 	/* No longer running, update books. */