diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index 0df3bda0..7fbbc54a 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ use PVE::ProcFSTools;
 use PVE::PBSClient;
 use PVE::RESTEnvironment qw(log_warn);
 use PVE::RPCEnvironment;
+use PVE::SafeSyslog;
 use PVE::Storage;
 use PVE::SysFSTools;
 use PVE::Systemd;
@@ -6005,6 +6006,8 @@ sub vm_start_nolock {
     eval { PVE::QemuServer::PCI::reserve_pci_usage($pci_reserve_list, $vmid, undef, $pid) };
     warn $@ if $@;
 
+    syslog("info", "VM $vmid started with PID $pid.");
+
     if (defined(my $migrate = $res->{migrate})) {
 	if ($migrate->{proto} eq 'tcp') {
 	    my $nodename = nodename();