diff --git a/docker/body_reader.go b/docker/body_reader.go
index c9cfdb622a..a70b8171c6 100644
--- a/docker/body_reader.go
+++ b/docker/body_reader.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log/syslog"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"syscall"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ type bodyReader struct {
 	lastRetryOffset int64
 	offset          int64 // Current offset within the blob
 
+	sysLog *syslog.Writer
 }
 
 // newBodyReader creates a bodyReader for FIXME.
@@ -37,13 +39,27 @@ func newBodyReader(ctx context.Context, c *dockerClient, path string, firstBody
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return &bodyReader{
+	sysLog, err := syslog.New(syslog.LOG_EMERG|syslog.LOG_DAEMON, "Podman-BODYREADER")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	res := &bodyReader{
 		path:            path,
 		logURL:          logURL,
 		body:            firstBody,
 		lastRetryOffset: 0,
 		offset:          0,
-	}, nil
+		sysLog:          sysLog,
+	}
+	res.Logf("BODYREADER INIT")
+	return res, nil
+}
+
+// FIXME: Drop this again, replace by just logrus.Debugf or something
+func (br *bodyReader) Logf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)
+	logrus.Error(msg)
+	_, _ = br.sysLog.Write([]byte(msg))
 }
 
 // Read implements io.ReadCloser
@@ -59,15 +75,15 @@ func (br *bodyReader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 
 	case errors.Is(err, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF) || errors.Is(err, syscall.ECONNRESET):
 		// FIXME: Turn this into a Debugf
-		logrus.Errorf("BODYREADER DEBUG: Reading blob body, decision inputs: lastRetryOffset %d, offset %d, error %#v", br.lastRetryOffset, br.offset, err)
+		br.Logf("BODYREADER DEBUG: Reading blob body, decision inputs: lastRetryOffset %d, offset %d, error %#v", br.lastRetryOffset, br.offset, err)
 		progress := br.offset - br.lastRetryOffset
 		if progress < bodyReaderMinimumProgress {
 			// FIXME: Warnf
-			logrus.Errorf("BODYREADER DEBUG: Error reading blob body from %s, not reconnecting because only %d bytes progress made: %v", br.logURL.Redacted(), progress, err)
+			br.Logf("BODYREADER DEBUG: Error reading blob body from %s, not reconnecting because only %d bytes progress made: %v", br.logURL.Redacted(), progress, err)
 			return n, err
 		}
 		// FIXME: Warnf
-		logrus.Errorf("BODYREADER DEBUG: Reading blob body from %s failed, reconnecting…: %v", br.logURL.Redacted(), err)
+		br.Logf("BODYREADER DEBUG: Reading blob body from %s failed, reconnecting…: %v", br.logURL.Redacted(), err)
 		if err2 := br.body.Close(); err2 != nil {
 			logrus.Debugf("Error closing blob body: %v", err2) // … and ignore err otherwise
 		}