Index: Makefile
===================================================================
--- Makefile	(revision 449624)
+++ Makefile	(working copy)
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 PORTNAME=	influxdb
 PORTVERSION=	1.3.3
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	databases net-mgmt
 
 MAINTAINER=	cheffo@freebsd-bg.org
@@ -72,6 +73,15 @@
 INFLUXD_LOGDIR=	/var/log/${PORTNAME}/
 INFLUXD_PIDDIR=	/var/run/${PORTNAME}/
 
+.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
+
+.if ${OPSYS} == "FreeBSD" && ((${OSVERSION} >= 1100513 && ${OSVERSION} < 1200000) || \
+    	${OSVERSION} >= 1200015)
+SUB_LIST+=	INFLUXD_LOGCMD="daemon"
+.else
+SUB_LIST+=	INFLUXD_LOGCMD="logger"
+.endif
+
 post-patch:
 	@${MKDIR} ${WRKSRC}/src/github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT_DEFAULT}/${PORTNAME}
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && \
@@ -115,4 +125,4 @@
 		${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/src/github.com/influxdata/influxdb/man/$i ${STAGEDIR}${MAN8PREFIX}/man/man1
 .endfor
 
-.include <bsd.port.mk>
+.include <bsd.port.post.mk>
Index: files/influxd.in
===================================================================
--- files/influxd.in	(revision 449624)
+++ files/influxd.in	(working copy)
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 # influxd_group (str):		influxd daemon group
 #				Default: influxd
 # influxd_flags (str):		Extra flags passed to influxd
+#
+# influxd_facility (str):       Syslog facility to use
+#                               Default: daemon
+# influxd_priority (str):       Syslog priority to use
+#                               Default: info
 
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
@@ -29,15 +34,17 @@
 : ${influxd_user:="%%INFLUXD_USER%%"}
 : ${influxd_group:="%%INFLUXD_GROUP%%"}
 : ${influxd_flags:=""}
+: ${influxd_facility:="daemon"}
+: ${influxd_priority:="info"}
 : ${influxd_conf:="%%PREFIX%%/etc/${name}.conf"}
-: ${influxd_options:="${influxdb_flags} -config=${influxd_conf} 2> %%INFLUXD_LOGDIR%%/influxdb.log"}
+: ${influxd_options:="${influxdb_flags} -config=${influxd_conf}"}
 
 # daemon
 influxd_pidfile="%%INFLUXD_PIDDIR%%${name}.pid"
 procname="%%PREFIX%%/bin/${name}"
 command=/usr/sbin/daemon
-command_args="-c -p ${influxd_pidfile} ${procname} ${influxd_options}"
 start_precmd="influxd_precmd"
+start_cmd="influxd_startcmd_%%INFLUXD_LOGCMD%%"        
 
 influxd_precmd()
 {
@@ -44,4 +51,18 @@
     install -d -o ${influxd_user} %%INFLUXD_PIDDIR%%
 }
 
+influxd_startcmd_daemon()                      
+{   
+    echo "Starting ${name}."                   
+    /usr/sbin/daemon -c -p ${influxd_pidfile} -S -s ${influxd_priority} -l ${influxd_facility} \
+        -u ${influxd_user} ${procname} ${influxd_options}
+}                                              
+
+influxd_startcmd_logger()                      
+{   
+    echo "Starting ${name}."                   
+    /usr/sbin/daemon -c -p ${influxd_pidfile} -u ${influxd_user} /bin/sh -c "${procname} ${influxd_options} 2>&1 \
+        | /usr/bin/logger -t ${name} -p ${influxd_facility}.${influxd_priority}"
+}                                              
+
 run_rc_command "$1"