diff --git a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
index 56cb1655fb..b6681865b6 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
@@ -638,6 +638,10 @@ func ConvertKube(kube *parser.UnitFile) (*parser.UnitFile, error) {
 		"Type", "notify",
 		"NotifyAccess", "all")
 
+	if !kube.HasKey(ServiceGroup, "SyslogIdentifier") {
+		service.Set(ServiceGroup, "SyslogIdentifier", "%N")
+	}
+
 	execStart := NewPodmanCmdline("kube", "play")
 
 	execStart.add(
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.kube b/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.kube
index f514ea6088..59b18a30d0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.kube
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.kube
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 ## assert-key-is "Service" "Type" "notify"
 ## assert-key-is "Service" "NotifyAccess" "all"
 ## assert-key-is "Service" "Environment" "PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=%n"
-
+## assert-key-is "Service" "SyslogIdentifier" "%N"
 
 [Kube]
 Yaml=deployment.yml
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/syslog.identifier.kube b/test/e2e/quadlet/syslog.identifier.kube
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b8e8d9400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/syslog.identifier.kube
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+## assert-podman-args "kube"
+## assert-podman-args "play"
+## assert-podman-final-args deployment.yml
+## assert-podman-args "--replace"
+## assert-podman-args "--service-container=true"
+## assert-podman-stop-args "kube"
+## assert-podman-stop-args "down"
+## assert-podman-stop-final-args deployment.yml
+## assert-key-is "Unit" "RequiresMountsFor" "%t/containers"
+## assert-key-is "Service" "KillMode" "mixed"
+## assert-key-is "Service" "Type" "notify"
+## assert-key-is "Service" "NotifyAccess" "all"
+## assert-key-is "Service" "Environment" "PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=%n"
+## assert-key-is "Service" "SyslogIdentifier" "mytest"
+
+[Service]
+SyslogIdentifier=mytest
+
+[Kube]
+Yaml=deployment.yml
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go b/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go
index 2ac59a4c59..f9bea6b0e0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ var _ = Describe("quadlet system generator", func() {
 		Entry("uid.volume", "uid.volume"),
 
 		Entry("Basic kube", "basic.kube"),
+		Entry("Syslog Identifier", "syslog.identifier.kube"),
 	)
 
 })