Index: include/common.h
===================================================================
--- include/common.h	(revision 53734)
+++ include/common.h	(working copy)
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@
 	MEDIA_TYPE_EXEC,
 	MEDIA_TYPE_SMS,
 	MEDIA_TYPE_JABBER,
+	MEDIA_TYPE_SYSLOG,
 	MEDIA_TYPE_EZ_TEXTING = 100
 }
 zbx_media_type_t;
Index: include/db.h
===================================================================
--- include/db.h	(revision 53734)
+++ include/db.h	(working copy)
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@
 	char		*message;
 	zbx_alert_status_t	status;
 	int		retries;
+	zbx_uint64_t    eventid;
 }
 DB_ALERT;
 
Index: src/zabbix_server/alerter/alerter.c
===================================================================
--- src/zabbix_server/alerter/alerter.c	(revision 53734)
+++ src/zabbix_server/alerter/alerter.c	(working copy)
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 extern unsigned char	process_type, daemon_type;
 extern int		server_num, process_num;
+const char	syslog_alert_name[] = "zabbix_event";
 
 /******************************************************************************
  *                                                                            *
@@ -120,6 +121,70 @@
 
 		zbx_free(cmd);
 	}
+	else if (MEDIA_TYPE_SYSLOG == mediatype->type)
+	{
+		DB_RESULT result;
+		DB_RESULT result_host;
+		DB_ROW row, row_host;
+		int sys_priority;
+		char messages[MAX_STRING_LEN], *trigger_value, *host;
+		zbx_uint64_t triggerid;
+
+		result = DBselect(
+					"select a.eventid, b.description, b.priority, b.value, b.triggerid "
+					"from events a, triggers b "
+					"where a.objectid = b.triggerid and a.source=%d and a.eventid=" ZBX_FS_UI64, 
+					EVENT_SOURCE_TRIGGERS, 
+					alert->eventid);
+		if (NULL == (row = DBfetch(result)) || SUCCEED == DBis_null(row[0])) {
+			sys_priority = LOG_NOTICE;
+			zbx_snprintf(messages, sizeof(messages), "%s", alert->message);
+		}
+		else {
+			ZBX_STR2UINT64(triggerid, row[4]);
+			result_host = DBselect(
+						"select h.host"
+						" from hosts h,items i,functions f,triggers t"
+						" where h.hostid=i.hostid"
+							" and i.itemid=f.itemid"
+							" and f.triggerid=t.triggerid"
+							" and t.triggerid=" ZBX_FS_UI64, triggerid);
+			if (NULL == (row_host = DBfetch(result_host)) || SUCCEED == DBis_null(row_host[0])) {
+				host = zbx_dsprintf(NULL, "%s", "unknown");
+			}
+			else {
+				host = zbx_strdup(host, row_host[0]);
+			}
+
+			switch(atoi(row[2])) {
+				case 0:
+				case 1:
+					sys_priority = LOG_INFO;
+					break;
+				case 2:
+					sys_priority = LOG_WARNING;
+					break;
+				case 3:
+					sys_priority = LOG_ERR;
+					break;
+				case 4:
+					sys_priority = LOG_ALERT;
+					break;
+				case 5:
+					sys_priority = LOG_EMERG;
+					break;
+			}
+			trigger_value = zbx_strdup(trigger_value, zbx_trigger_value_string((unsigned char)atoi(row[3])));
+			zbx_snprintf(messages, sizeof(messages), "%s %s: %s", host, trigger_value, row[1]);
+		}
+		openlog(syslog_alert_name, LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
+		syslog(sys_priority, "%s", messages);
+		closelog();
+		zbx_free(trigger_value);
+		zbx_free(host);
+		DBfree_result(result);
+		DBfree_result(result_host);
+	}
 	else
 	{
 		zbx_snprintf(error, max_error_len, "unsupported media type [%d]", mediatype->type);
@@ -172,7 +237,7 @@
 		result = DBselect(
 				"select a.alertid,a.mediatypeid,a.sendto,a.subject,a.message,a.status,mt.mediatypeid,"
 				"mt.type,mt.description,mt.smtp_server,mt.smtp_helo,mt.smtp_email,mt.exec_path,"
-				"mt.gsm_modem,mt.username,mt.passwd,a.retries"
+				"mt.gsm_modem,mt.username,mt.passwd,a.retries,a.eventid "
 				" from alerts a,media_type mt"
 				" where a.mediatypeid=mt.mediatypeid"
 					" and a.status=%d"
@@ -202,6 +267,7 @@
 			mediatype.passwd = row[15];
 
 			alert.retries = atoi(row[16]);
+			ZBX_STR2UINT64(alert.eventid, row[17]);
 
 			*error = '\0';
 			res = execute_action(&alert, &mediatype, error, sizeof(error));