diff --git a/git.spec b/git.spec
index 9f88574..c3e46bc 100644
--- a/git.spec
+++ b/git.spec
@@ -894,6 +894,7 @@ make test || ./print-failed-test-output
 
 %changelog
 * Mon Apr 09 2018 Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>
+- daemon: use --log-destination=stderr with systemd
 - daemon: fix condition for redirecting stderr
 - git-svn: avoid uninitialized value warning
 
diff --git a/git@.service.in b/git@.service.in
index bb93b78..7abcfeb 100644
--- a/git@.service.in
+++ b/git@.service.in
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ Documentation=man:git-daemon(1)
 
 [Service]
 User=nobody
-ExecStart=-@GITEXECDIR@/git-daemon --base-path=@BASE_PATH@ --export-all --user-path=public_git --syslog --inetd --verbose
+ExecStart=-@GITEXECDIR@/git-daemon --base-path=@BASE_PATH@ --export-all \
+          --user-path=public_git --inetd --log-destination=stderr --verbose
 StandardInput=socket
+StandardError=journal