diff --git a/package/docker-engine/S60dockerd b/package/docker-engine/S60dockerd
index aab50d84d4..dda6dc7474 100644
--- a/package/docker-engine/S60dockerd
+++ b/package/docker-engine/S60dockerd
@@ -10,10 +10,14 @@ DOCKERD_ARGS=""
 
 start() {
 	printf 'Starting %s: ' "$DAEMON"
+	# Dockerd logs only to stdout/stderr, which is lost with
+	# --background. The wrapper script runs the given command
+	# (after "--", including dockerd) and forwards stdout/stderr
+	# to syslog.
 	# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # we need word splitting for DOCKERD_ARGS
 	start-stop-daemon --start --background --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
-		--exec "/usr/bin/$DAEMON" \
-		-- --pidfile "$PIDFILE" $DOCKERD_ARGS
+		--exec /usr/libexec/dockerd-syslog-wrapper.sh \
+		-- "/usr/bin/$DAEMON" --pidfile "$PIDFILE" $DOCKERD_ARGS
 	status=$?
 	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
 		echo "OK"
diff --git a/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk b/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk
index c7c51c5ef5..268b851520 100644
--- a/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk
+++ b/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ endef
 define DOCKER_ENGINE_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 755 package/docker-engine/S60dockerd \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S60dockerd
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 755 package/docker-engine/dockerd-syslog-wrapper.sh \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/libexec/dockerd-syslog-wrapper.sh
 endef
 
 define DOCKER_ENGINE_USERS
diff --git a/package/docker-engine/dockerd-syslog-wrapper.sh b/package/docker-engine/dockerd-syslog-wrapper.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d6a80a739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/docker-engine/dockerd-syslog-wrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+"${@}" 2>&1 | while read -r LINE; do
+	logger -t "$(basename "${1}")" "$LINE";
+done