diff --git a/functions b/functions
index c99e435175..8968a1861b 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -606,13 +606,25 @@ function setup_colorized_logging {
 function setup_systemd_logging {
     local conf_file=$1
     local conf_section="DEFAULT"
-    iniset $conf_file $conf_section use_journal "True"
+    # NOTE(sdague): this is a nice to have, and means we're using the
+    # native systemd path, which provides for things like search on
+    # request-id. However, there may be an eventlet interaction here,
+    # so going off for now.
+    USE_JOURNAL=$(trueorfalse USE_JOURNAL False)
+    if [[ "$USE_JOURNAL" == "True" ]]; then
+        iniset $conf_file $conf_section use_journal "True"
+        # if we are using the journal directly, our process id is already correct
+        iniset $conf_file $conf_section logging_debug_format_suffix \
+               "{{%(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d}}"
+    else
+        iniset $conf_file $conf_section logging_debug_format_suffix \
+               "{{(pid=%(process)d) %(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d}}"
+    fi
+
     iniset $conf_file $conf_section logging_context_format_string \
            "%(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(project_name)s %(user_name)s] %(instance)s%(message)s"
     iniset $conf_file $conf_section logging_default_format_string \
            "%(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(color)s%(message)s"
-    iniset $conf_file $conf_section logging_debug_format_suffix \
-           "from (pid=%(process)d) %(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d"
     iniset $conf_file $conf_section logging_exception_prefix "ERROR %(name)s %(instance)s"
 }