diff --git a/etc/guix-daemon.service.in b/etc/guix-daemon.service.in
index 9dbc3b5678..5e75379b5e 100644
--- a/etc/guix-daemon.service.in
+++ b/etc/guix-daemon.service.in
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ Description=Build daemon for GNU Guix
 ExecStart=@localstatedir@/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/bin/guix-daemon \
     --build-users-group=guixbuild --discover=no
 Environment='GUIX_LOCPATH=@localstatedir@/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile/lib/locale' LC_ALL=en_US.utf8
-StandardOutput=syslog
-StandardError=syslog
+StandardOutput=journal
+StandardError=journal
 
 # Work around a nasty systemd ‘feature’ that kills the entire process tree
 # (including the daemon!) if any child, such as cc1plus, runs out of memory.
diff --git a/etc/guix-publish.service.in b/etc/guix-publish.service.in
index b8fd3b4c03..0d82e73d94 100644
--- a/etc/guix-publish.service.in
+++ b/etc/guix-publish.service.in
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ After=guix-daemon.service
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@localstatedir@/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/bin/guix publish --user=nobody --port=8181
 Environment='GUIX_LOCPATH=@localstatedir@/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile/lib/locale' LC_ALL=en_US.utf8
-StandardOutput=syslog
-StandardError=syslog
+StandardOutput=journal
+StandardError=journal
 
 # Despite the name, this is rate-limited: a broken daemon will eventually fail.
 Restart=always