diff --git a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
index bc191c89f8de7fc1c3bc1373833aaaa5682849df..dac4cb058f09c1e7d7ff776367eec08193aeb416 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
@@ -1706,6 +1706,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 			p.load(istream);
 			p.setProperty("pid", boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(getpid()));
+			p.setProperty("jid", CONFIG_STRING(&config, "service.jid"));
 			log4cxx::PropertyConfigurator::configure(p);
 		}