Index: lib/libc/gen/syslog.c
===================================================================
--- lib/libc/gen/syslog.c
+++ lib/libc/gen/syslog.c
@@ -345,8 +345,9 @@
 	 * Output the message to the console; try not to block
 	 * as a blocking console should not stop other processes.
 	 * Make sure the error reported is the one from the syslogd failure.
+	 * We also log to the console if openlog() failed (i.e. LogFile == -1).
 	 */
-	if (LogStat & LOG_CONS &&
+	if (((LogStat & LOG_CONS) || LogFile == -1) &&
 	    (fd = _open(_PATH_CONSOLE, O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC, 0)) >=
 	    0) {
 		struct iovec iov[2];