diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e54ab67c146..81092eb4d1e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ and since Bareos version 20 this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https:
 - FreeBSD packages: add missing ddl/update 2171_2192 and 2192_2210 files [PR #1147]
 
 ### Changed
+- Qmsg: in case of syslog logging use adapted log priority instead of always LOG_ERR [PR #1134]
 - webui: remove an unnecessary .bvfs_get_jobids and buildSubtree() call [PR #1050]
 - git: set merge strategy for CHANGELOG.md to union [PR #1062]
 - webui: add timeline chart by jobs [PR #1059]
diff --git a/core/src/lib/message.cc b/core/src/lib/message.cc
index fa99a054f39..0f8feccdd8a 100644
--- a/core/src/lib/message.cc
+++ b/core/src/lib/message.cc
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ static bool trace = false;
 #endif
 static bool hangup = false;
 
+static int MessageTypeToLogPriority(int message_type);
+
 /*
  * Walk back in a string from end looking for a
  * path separator.
@@ -745,40 +747,8 @@ void DispatchMessage(JobControlRecord* jcr,
            * Dispatch based on our internal message type to a matching syslog
            * one.
            */
-          switch (type) {
-            case M_ERROR:
-            case M_ERROR_TERM:
-              SendToSyslog(d->syslog_facility_ | LOG_ERR, msg);
-              break;
-            case M_ABORT:
-            case M_FATAL:
-              SendToSyslog(d->syslog_facility_ | LOG_CRIT, msg);
-              break;
-            case M_WARNING:
-              SendToSyslog(d->syslog_facility_ | LOG_WARNING, msg);
-              break;
-            case M_DEBUG:
-              SendToSyslog(d->syslog_facility_ | LOG_DEBUG, msg);
-              break;
-            case M_INFO:
-            case M_NOTSAVED:
-            case M_RESTORED:
-            case M_SAVED:
-            case M_SKIPPED:
-            case M_TERM:
-              SendToSyslog(d->syslog_facility_ | LOG_INFO, msg);
-              break;
-            case M_ALERT:
-            case M_AUDIT:
-            case M_MOUNT:
-            case M_SECURITY:
-            case M_VOLMGMT:
-              SendToSyslog(d->syslog_facility_ | LOG_NOTICE, msg);
-              break;
-            default:
-              SendToSyslog(d->syslog_facility_ | LOG_ERR, msg);
-              break;
-          }
+          SendToSyslog(d->syslog_facility_ | MessageTypeToLogPriority(type),
+                       msg);
           break;
         case MessageDestinationCode::kOperator:
           Dmsg1(850, "OPERATOR for following msg: %s\n", msg);
@@ -1531,6 +1501,44 @@ int Mmsg(std::vector<char>& msgbuf, const char* fmt, ...)
   }
 }
 
+// convert bareos message type to syslog log priority
+static int MessageTypeToLogPriority(int message_type)
+{
+  switch (message_type) {
+    case M_ERROR:
+    case M_ERROR_TERM:
+      return LOG_ERR;
+
+    case M_ABORT:
+    case M_FATAL:
+      return LOG_CRIT;
+
+    case M_WARNING:
+      return LOG_WARNING;
+
+    case M_DEBUG:
+      return LOG_DEBUG;
+
+    case M_INFO:
+    case M_NOTSAVED:
+    case M_RESTORED:
+    case M_SAVED:
+    case M_SKIPPED:
+    case M_TERM:
+      return LOG_INFO;
+
+    case M_ALERT:
+    case M_AUDIT:
+    case M_MOUNT:
+    case M_SECURITY:
+    case M_VOLMGMT:
+      return LOG_NOTICE;
+
+    default:
+      return LOG_ERR;
+  }
+}
+
 /*
  * We queue messages rather than print them directly. This
  * is generally used in low level routines (msg handler, bnet)
@@ -1569,7 +1577,7 @@ void Qmsg(JobControlRecord* jcr, int type, utime_t mtime, const char* fmt, ...)
 
   // If no jcr  or no JobId or no queue or dequeuing send to syslog
   if (!jcr || !jcr->JobId || !jcr->msg_queue || jcr->dequeuing_msgs) {
-    syslog(LOG_DAEMON | LOG_ERR, "%s", item->msg_);
+    syslog(LOG_DAEMON | MessageTypeToLogPriority(type), "%s", item->msg_);
     free(item->msg_);
     item->msg_ = nullptr;
     free(item);