diff --git a/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md
index fa1d2db3f..4fb8db01f 100644
--- a/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ according to [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/quicksta
 
 ## tip
 
+* FEATURE: add [`unpack_syslog` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#unpack_syslog-pipe) for unpacking [syslog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syslog) messages from [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 * FEATURE: parse timestamps in [`_time` filter](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#time-filter) with nanosecond precision.
 * FEATURE: return the last `N` matching logs from [`/select/logsql/query` HTTP API](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#querying-logs) with the maximum timestamps if `limit=N` query arg is passed to it. Previously a random subset of matching logs could be returned, which could complicate investigation of the returned logs.
 * FEATURE: add [`drop_empty_fields` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#drop_empty_fields-pipe) for dropping [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) with empty values.
diff --git a/docs/VictoriaLogs/LogsQL.md b/docs/VictoriaLogs/LogsQL.md
index edffeb18e..9403735d4 100644
--- a/docs/VictoriaLogs/LogsQL.md
+++ b/docs/VictoriaLogs/LogsQL.md
@@ -1173,8 +1173,9 @@ LogsQL supports the following pipes:
 - [`sort`](#sort-pipe) sorts logs by the given [fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 - [`stats`](#stats-pipe) calculates various stats over the selected logs.
 - [`uniq`](#uniq-pipe) returns unique log entires.
-- [`unpack_json`](#unpack_json-pipe) unpacks JSON fields from [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
-- [`unpack_logfmt`](#unpack_logfmt-pipe) unpacks [logfmt](https://brandur.org/logfmt) fields from [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
+- [`unpack_json`](#unpack_json-pipe) unpacks JSON messages from [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
+- [`unpack_logfmt`](#unpack_logfmt-pipe) unpacks [logfmt](https://brandur.org/logfmt) messages from [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
+- [`unpack_syslog`](#unpack_syslog-pipe) [syslog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syslog) messages from [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 - [`unroll`](#unroll-pipe) unrolls JSON arrays from [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 
 ### copy pipe
@@ -2127,7 +2128,7 @@ See also:
 
 ### unpack_json pipe
 
-`| unpack_json from field_name` pipe unpacks `{"k1":"v1", ..., "kN":"vN"}` JSON from the given input [`field_name`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
+`| unpack_json from field_name` [pipe](#pipes) unpacks `{"k1":"v1", ..., "kN":"vN"}` JSON from the given input [`field_name`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
 into `k1`, ... `kN` output field names with the corresponding `v1`, ..., `vN` values. It overrides existing fields with names from the `k1`, ..., `kN` list. Other fields remain untouched.
 
 Nested JSON is unpacked according to the rules defined [here](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
@@ -2194,6 +2195,7 @@ See also:
 
 - [Conditional `unpack_json`](#conditional-unpack_json)
 - [`unpack_logfmt` pipe](#unpack_logfmt-pipe)
+- [`unpack_syslog` pipe](#unpack_syslog-pipe)
 - [`extract` pipe](#extract-pipe)
 - [`unroll` pipe](#unroll-pipe)
 - [`pack_json` pipe](#pack_json-pipe)
@@ -2210,7 +2212,7 @@ _time:5m | unpack_json if (ip:"") from foo
 
 ### unpack_logfmt pipe
 
-`| unpack_logfmt from field_name` pipe unpacks `k1=v1 ... kN=vN` [logfmt](https://brandur.org/logfmt) fields
+`| unpack_logfmt from field_name` [pipe](#pipes) unpacks `k1=v1 ... kN=vN` [logfmt](https://brandur.org/logfmt) fields
 from the given [`field_name`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) into `k1`, ... `kN` field names
 with the corresponding `v1`, ..., `vN` values. It overrides existing fields with names from the `k1`, ..., `kN` list. Other fields remain untouched.
 
@@ -2257,7 +2259,7 @@ in [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#mes
 _time:5m | extract ' ip=<ip>'
 ```
 
-If you want to make sure that the unpacked [logfmt](https://brandur.org/logfmt) fields do not clash with the existing fields, then specify common prefix for all the fields extracted from JSON,
+If you want to make sure that the unpacked [logfmt](https://brandur.org/logfmt) fields do not clash with the existing fields, then specify common prefix for all the fields extracted from logfmt,
 by adding `result_prefix "prefix_name"` to `unpack_logfmt`. For example, the following query adds `foo_` prefix for all the unpacked fields
 from `foo` field:
 
@@ -2278,6 +2280,7 @@ See also:
 
 - [Conditional unpack_logfmt](#conditional-unpack_logfmt)
 - [`unpack_json` pipe](#unpack_json-pipe)
+- [`unpack_syslog` pipe](#unpack_syslog-pipe)
 - [`extract` pipe](#extract-pipe)
 
 #### Conditional unpack_logfmt
@@ -2291,6 +2294,86 @@ only if `ip` field in the current log entry isn't set or empty:
 _time:5m | unpack_logfmt if (ip:"") from foo
 ```
 
+### unpack_syslog pipe
+
+`| unpack_syslog from field_name` [pipe](#pipes) unpacks [syslog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syslog) message
+from the given [`field_name`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model). It understands the following Syslog formats:
+
+- [RFC3164](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3164) aka `<PRI>MMM DD hh:mm:ss HOSTNAME TAG: MESSAGE`
+- [RFC5424](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5424) aka `<PRI>VERSION TIMESTAMP HOSTNAME APP-NAME PROCID MSGID [STRUCTURED-DATA] MESSAGE`
+
+The following fields are unpacked:
+
+- `priority` - it is obtained from `PRI`.
+- `facility` - it is calculated as `PRI / 8`.
+- `severity` - it is calculated as `PRI % 8`.
+- `timestamp` - timestamp in [ISO8601 format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601). The `MMM DD hh:mm:ss` timestamp in [RFC3164](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3164)
+  is automatically converted into [ISO8601 format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) by assuming that the timestamp belongs to the last 12 months.
+- `hostname`
+- `app_name`
+- `proc_id`
+- `msg_id`
+- `message`
+
+The `[STRUCTURED-DATA]` is parsed into fields with the `SD-ID` name and `param1="value1" ... paramN="valueN"` value
+according to [the specification](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5424#section-6.3). The value then can be parsed to separate fields with [`unpack_logfmt` pipe](#unpack_logfmt-pipe).
+
+For example, the following query unpacks [syslog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syslog) message from the [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field)
+across logs for the last 5 minutes:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | unpack_syslog from _msg
+```
+
+The `from _json` part can be omitted when [syslog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syslog) message is unpacked
+from the [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field).
+The following query is equivalent to the previous one:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | unpack_syslog
+```
+
+If it is needed to preserve the original non-empty field values, then add `keep_original_fields` to the end of `unpack_syslog ...`:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | unpack_syslog keep_original_fields
+```
+
+If you want to make sure that the unpacked [syslog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syslog) fields do not clash with the existing fields,
+then specify common prefix for all the fields extracted from syslog, by adding `result_prefix "prefix_name"` to `unpack_syslog`.
+For example, the following query adds `foo_` prefix for all the unpacked fields from `foo` field:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | unpack_syslog from foo result_prefix "foo_"
+```
+
+Performance tips:
+
+- It is better from performance and resource usage PoV ingesting parsed [syslog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syslog) messages into VictoriaLogs
+  according to the [supported data model](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
+  instead of ingesting unparsed syslog lines into VictoriaLogs and then parsing them at query time with [`unpack_syslog` pipe](#unpack_syslog-pipe).
+
+- It is recommended using more specific [log filters](#filters) in order to reduce the number of log entries, which are passed to `unpack_syslog`.
+  See [general performance tips](#performance-tips) for details.
+
+See also:
+
+- [Conditional unpack_syslog](#conditional-unpack_syslog)
+- [`unpack_json` pipe](#unpack_json-pipe)
+- [`unpack_logfmt` pipe](#unpack_logfmt-pipe)
+- [`extract` pipe](#extract-pipe)
+
+#### Conditional unpack_syslog
+
+If the [`unpack_syslog` pipe](#unpack_syslog-pipe) musn't be applied to every [log entry](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model),
+then add `if (<filters>)` after `unpack_syslog`.
+The `<filters>` can contain arbitrary [filters](#filters). For example, the following query unpacks syslog message fields from `foo` field
+only if `hostname` field in the current log entry isn't set or empty:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | unpack_syslog if (hostname:"") from foo
+```
+
 ### unroll pipe
 
 `| unroll by (field1, ..., fieldN)` [pipe](#pipes) can be used for unrolling JSON arrays from `field1`, `fieldN`
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe.go
index 4f4000718..ff2178025 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe.go
@@ -226,6 +226,12 @@ func parsePipe(lex *lexer) (pipe, error) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'unpack_logfmt' pipe: %w", err)
 		}
 		return pu, nil
+	case lex.isKeyword("unpack_syslog"):
+		pu, err := parsePipeUnpackSyslog(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'unpack_syslog' pipe: %w", err)
+		}
+		return pu, nil
 	case lex.isKeyword("unroll"):
 		pu, err := parsePipeUnroll(lex)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_syslog.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_syslog.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f693739c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_syslog.go
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// pipeUnpackSyslog processes '| unpack_syslog ...' pipe.
+//
+// See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#unpack_syslog-pipe
+type pipeUnpackSyslog struct {
+	// fromField is the field to unpack syslog fields from
+	fromField string
+
+	// resultPrefix is prefix to add to unpacked field names
+	resultPrefix string
+
+	keepOriginalFields bool
+
+	// iff is an optional filter for skipping unpacking syslog
+	iff *ifFilter
+}
+
+func (pu *pipeUnpackSyslog) String() string {
+	s := "unpack_syslog"
+	if pu.iff != nil {
+		s += " " + pu.iff.String()
+	}
+	if !isMsgFieldName(pu.fromField) {
+		s += " from " + quoteTokenIfNeeded(pu.fromField)
+	}
+	if pu.resultPrefix != "" {
+		s += " result_prefix " + quoteTokenIfNeeded(pu.resultPrefix)
+	}
+	if pu.keepOriginalFields {
+		s += " keep_original_fields"
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+func (pu *pipeUnpackSyslog) updateNeededFields(neededFields, unneededFields fieldsSet) {
+	updateNeededFieldsForUnpackPipe(pu.fromField, nil, pu.keepOriginalFields, false, pu.iff, neededFields, unneededFields)
+}
+
+func (pu *pipeUnpackSyslog) optimize() {
+	pu.iff.optimizeFilterIn()
+}
+
+func (pu *pipeUnpackSyslog) hasFilterInWithQuery() bool {
+	return pu.iff.hasFilterInWithQuery()
+}
+
+func (pu *pipeUnpackSyslog) initFilterInValues(cache map[string][]string, getFieldValuesFunc getFieldValuesFunc) (pipe, error) {
+	iffNew, err := pu.iff.initFilterInValues(cache, getFieldValuesFunc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	puNew := *pu
+	puNew.iff = iffNew
+	return &puNew, nil
+}
+
+func (pu *pipeUnpackSyslog) newPipeProcessor(workersCount int, _ <-chan struct{}, _ func(), ppNext pipeProcessor) pipeProcessor {
+	unpackSyslog := func(uctx *fieldsUnpackerContext, s string) {
+		year := currentYear.Load()
+		p := getSyslogParser(int(year))
+
+		p.parse(s)
+		for _, f := range p.fields {
+			uctx.addField(f.Name, f.Value)
+		}
+
+		putSyslogParser(p)
+	}
+
+	return newPipeUnpackProcessor(workersCount, unpackSyslog, ppNext, pu.fromField, pu.resultPrefix, pu.keepOriginalFields, false, pu.iff)
+}
+
+var currentYear atomic.Int64
+
+func init() {
+	year := time.Now().UTC().Year()
+	currentYear.Store(int64(year))
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			t := time.Now().UTC()
+			nextYear := time.Date(t.Year()+1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+			d := nextYear.Sub(t)
+			time.Sleep(d)
+			year := time.Now().UTC().Year()
+			currentYear.Store(int64(year))
+		}
+	}()
+}
+
+func parsePipeUnpackSyslog(lex *lexer) (*pipeUnpackSyslog, error) {
+	if !lex.isKeyword("unpack_syslog") {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected token: %q; want %q", lex.token, "unpack_syslog")
+	}
+	lex.nextToken()
+
+	var iff *ifFilter
+	if lex.isKeyword("if") {
+		f, err := parseIfFilter(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		iff = f
+	}
+
+	fromField := "_msg"
+	if lex.isKeyword("from") {
+		lex.nextToken()
+		f, err := parseFieldName(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'from' field name: %w", err)
+		}
+		fromField = f
+	}
+
+	resultPrefix := ""
+	if lex.isKeyword("result_prefix") {
+		lex.nextToken()
+		p, err := getCompoundToken(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'result_prefix': %w", err)
+		}
+		resultPrefix = p
+	}
+
+	keepOriginalFields := false
+	if lex.isKeyword("keep_original_fields") {
+		lex.nextToken()
+		keepOriginalFields = true
+	}
+
+	pu := &pipeUnpackSyslog{
+		fromField:          fromField,
+		resultPrefix:       resultPrefix,
+		keepOriginalFields: keepOriginalFields,
+		iff:                iff,
+	}
+
+	return pu, nil
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_syslog_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_syslog_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed1a1a7d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_syslog_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParsePipeUnpackSyslogSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`unpack_syslog`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog keep_original_fields`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog if (a:x)`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog if (a:x) keep_original_fields`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog from x`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog from x keep_original_fields`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog if (a:x) from x`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog from x result_prefix abc`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog if (a:x) from x result_prefix abc`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog result_prefix abc`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog if (a:x) result_prefix abc`)
+}
+
+func TestParsePipeUnpackSyslogFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`unpack_syslog foo`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog if`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog if (x:y) foobar`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog from`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog from x y`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog from x if`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog from x result_prefix`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog from x result_prefix a b`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog from x result_prefix a if`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog result_prefix`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog result_prefix a b`)
+	f(`unpack_syslog result_prefix a if`)
+}
+
+func TestPipeUnpackSyslog(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	// no skip empty results
+	f("unpack_syslog", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 - This is a test message with structured data`},
+			{"foo", "321"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 - This is a test message with structured data`},
+			{"foo", "321"},
+			{"priority", "165"},
+			{"facility", "20"},
+			{"severity", "5"},
+			{"timestamp", "2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z"},
+			{"hostname", "mymachine.example.com"},
+			{"app_name", "appname"},
+			{"proc_id", "12345"},
+			{"msg_id", "ID47"},
+			{"message", "This is a test message with structured data"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// keep original fields
+	f("unpack_syslog keep_original_fields", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 - This is a test message with structured data`},
+			{"foo", "321"},
+			{"app_name", "foobar"},
+			{"msg_id", "baz"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 - This is a test message with structured data`},
+			{"foo", "321"},
+			{"priority", "165"},
+			{"facility", "20"},
+			{"severity", "5"},
+			{"timestamp", "2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z"},
+			{"hostname", "mymachine.example.com"},
+			{"app_name", "foobar"},
+			{"proc_id", "12345"},
+			{"msg_id", "baz"},
+			{"message", "This is a test message with structured data"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// unpack from other field
+	f("unpack_syslog from x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 - This is a test message with structured data`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 - This is a test message with structured data`},
+			{"priority", "165"},
+			{"facility", "20"},
+			{"severity", "5"},
+			{"timestamp", "2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z"},
+			{"hostname", "mymachine.example.com"},
+			{"app_name", "appname"},
+			{"proc_id", "12345"},
+			{"msg_id", "ID47"},
+			{"message", "This is a test message with structured data"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// failed if condition
+	f("unpack_syslog if (foo:bar)", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 - This is a test message with structured data`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 - This is a test message with structured data`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// matched if condition
+	f("unpack_syslog if (appname)", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 - This is a test message with structured data`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 - This is a test message with structured data`},
+			{"priority", "165"},
+			{"facility", "20"},
+			{"severity", "5"},
+			{"timestamp", "2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z"},
+			{"hostname", "mymachine.example.com"},
+			{"app_name", "appname"},
+			{"proc_id", "12345"},
+			{"msg_id", "ID47"},
+			{"message", "This is a test message with structured data"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// single row, unpack from missing field
+	f("unpack_syslog from x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foo=bar`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foo=bar`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// single row, unpack from non-syslog field
+	f("unpack_syslog from x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `foobar`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `foobar`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// multiple rows with distinct number of fields
+	f("unpack_syslog from x result_prefix qwe_", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 - This is a test message with structured data`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"x", `<163>1 2024-12-13T18:21:43Z mymachine.example.com appname2 345 ID7 - foobar`},
+			{"y", `z=bar`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 - This is a test message with structured data`},
+			{"qwe_priority", "165"},
+			{"qwe_facility", "20"},
+			{"qwe_severity", "5"},
+			{"qwe_timestamp", "2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z"},
+			{"qwe_hostname", "mymachine.example.com"},
+			{"qwe_app_name", "appname"},
+			{"qwe_proc_id", "12345"},
+			{"qwe_msg_id", "ID47"},
+			{"qwe_message", "This is a test message with structured data"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"x", `<163>1 2024-12-13T18:21:43Z mymachine.example.com appname2 345 ID7 - foobar`},
+			{"y", `z=bar`},
+			{"qwe_priority", "163"},
+			{"qwe_facility", "20"},
+			{"qwe_severity", "3"},
+			{"qwe_timestamp", "2024-12-13T18:21:43Z"},
+			{"qwe_hostname", "mymachine.example.com"},
+			{"qwe_app_name", "appname2"},
+			{"qwe_proc_id", "345"},
+			{"qwe_msg_id", "ID7"},
+			{"qwe_message", "foobar"},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestPipeUnpackSyslogUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(s string, neededFields, unneededFields, neededFieldsExpected, unneededFieldsExpected string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeNeededFields(t, s, neededFields, unneededFields, neededFieldsExpected, unneededFieldsExpected)
+	}
+
+	// all the needed fields
+	f("unpack_syslog", "*", "", "*", "")
+	f("unpack_syslog keep_original_fields", "*", "", "*", "")
+	f("unpack_syslog if (y:z) from x", "*", "", "*", "")
+
+	// all the needed fields, unneeded fields do not intersect with src
+	f("unpack_syslog from x", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f1,f2")
+	f("unpack_syslog if (y:z) from x", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f1,f2")
+	f("unpack_syslog if (f1:z) from x", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f2")
+
+	// all the needed fields, unneeded fields intersect with src
+	f("unpack_syslog from x", "*", "f2,x", "*", "f2")
+	f("unpack_syslog if (y:z) from x", "*", "f2,x", "*", "f2")
+	f("unpack_syslog if (f2:z) from x", "*", "f1,f2,x", "*", "f1")
+
+	// needed fields do not intersect with src
+	f("unpack_syslog from x", "f1,f2", "", "f1,f2,x", "")
+	f("unpack_syslog if (y:z) from x", "f1,f2", "", "f1,f2,x,y", "")
+	f("unpack_syslog if (f1:z) from x", "f1,f2", "", "f1,f2,x", "")
+
+	// needed fields intersect with src
+	f("unpack_syslog from x", "f2,x", "", "f2,x", "")
+	f("unpack_syslog if (y:z) from x", "f2,x", "", "f2,x,y", "")
+	f("unpack_syslog if (f2:z y:qwe) from x", "f2,x", "", "f2,x,y", "")
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/syslog_parser.go b/lib/logstorage/syslog_parser.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bf6f0082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/syslog_parser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
+)
+
+func getSyslogParser(currentYear int) *syslogParser {
+	v := syslogParserPool.Get()
+	if v == nil {
+		v = &syslogParser{}
+	}
+	p := v.(*syslogParser)
+	p.currentYear = currentYear
+	return p
+}
+
+func putSyslogParser(p *syslogParser) {
+	p.reset()
+	syslogParserPool.Put(p)
+}
+
+var syslogParserPool sync.Pool
+
+type syslogParser struct {
+	currentYear int
+
+	buf    []byte
+	fields []Field
+}
+
+func (p *syslogParser) reset() {
+	p.currentYear = 0
+	p.resetFields()
+}
+
+func (p *syslogParser) resetFields() {
+	p.buf = p.buf[:0]
+
+	clear(p.fields)
+	p.fields = p.fields[:0]
+}
+
+func (p *syslogParser) addField(name, value string) {
+	p.fields = append(p.fields, Field{
+		Name:  name,
+		Value: value,
+	})
+}
+
+func (p *syslogParser) parse(s string) {
+	p.resetFields()
+
+	if len(s) == 0 {
+		// Cannot parse syslog message
+		return
+	}
+
+	if s[0] != '<' {
+		p.parseNoHeader(s)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// parse priority
+	s = s[1:]
+	n := strings.IndexByte(s, '>')
+	if n < 0 {
+		// Cannot parse priority
+		return
+	}
+	priorityStr := s[:n]
+	s = s[n+1:]
+
+	p.addField("priority", priorityStr)
+	priority, ok := tryParseUint64(priorityStr)
+	if !ok {
+		// Cannot parse priority
+		return
+	}
+	facility := priority / 8
+	severity := priority % 8
+
+	bufLen := len(p.buf)
+	p.buf = marshalUint64String(p.buf, facility)
+	p.addField("facility", bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(p.buf[bufLen:]))
+
+	bufLen = len(p.buf)
+	p.buf = marshalUint64String(p.buf, severity)
+	p.addField("severity", bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(p.buf[bufLen:]))
+
+	p.parseNoHeader(s)
+}
+
+func (p *syslogParser) parseNoHeader(s string) {
+	if len(s) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(s, "1 ") {
+		p.parseRFC5424(s[2:])
+	} else {
+		p.parseRFC3164(s)
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *syslogParser) parseRFC5424(s string) {
+	// See https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5424
+
+	if len(s) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Parse timestamp
+	n := strings.IndexByte(s, ' ')
+	if n < 0 {
+		p.addField("timestamp", s)
+		return
+	}
+	p.addField("timestamp", s[:n])
+	s = s[n+1:]
+
+	// Parse hostname
+	n = strings.IndexByte(s, ' ')
+	if n < 0 {
+		p.addField("hostname", s)
+		return
+	}
+	p.addField("hostname", s[:n])
+	s = s[n+1:]
+
+	// Parse app-name
+	n = strings.IndexByte(s, ' ')
+	if n < 0 {
+		p.addField("app_name", s)
+		return
+	}
+	p.addField("app_name", s[:n])
+	s = s[n+1:]
+
+	// Parse procid
+	n = strings.IndexByte(s, ' ')
+	if n < 0 {
+		p.addField("proc_id", s)
+		return
+	}
+	p.addField("proc_id", s[:n])
+	s = s[n+1:]
+
+	// Parse msgID
+	n = strings.IndexByte(s, ' ')
+	if n < 0 {
+		p.addField("msg_id", s)
+		return
+	}
+	p.addField("msg_id", s[:n])
+	s = s[n+1:]
+
+	// Parse structured data
+	tail, ok := p.parseRFC5424SD(s)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	s = tail
+
+	// Parse message
+	p.addField("message", s)
+}
+
+func (p *syslogParser) parseRFC5424SD(s string) (string, bool) {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(s, "- ") {
+		return s[2:], true
+	}
+
+	for {
+		tail, ok := p.parseRFC5424SDLine(s)
+		if !ok {
+			return tail, false
+		}
+		s = tail
+		if strings.HasPrefix(s, " ") {
+			s = s[1:]
+			return s, true
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *syslogParser) parseRFC5424SDLine(s string) (string, bool) {
+	if len(s) == 0 || s[0] != '[' {
+		return s, false
+	}
+	s = s[1:]
+
+	n := strings.IndexAny(s, " ]")
+	if n < 0 {
+		return s, false
+	}
+	sdID := s[:n]
+	s = s[n:]
+
+	// Parse structured data
+	i := 0
+	for i < len(s) && s[i] != ']' {
+		// skip whitespace
+		if s[i] != ' ' {
+			return s, false
+		}
+		i++
+
+		// Parse name
+		n := strings.IndexByte(s[i:], '=')
+		if n < 0 {
+			return s, false
+		}
+		i += n + 1
+
+		// Parse value
+		qp, err := strconv.QuotedPrefix(s[i:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return s, false
+		}
+		i += len(qp)
+	}
+	if i == len(s) {
+		return s, false
+	}
+
+	sdValue := strings.TrimSpace(s[:i])
+	p.addField(sdID, sdValue)
+	s = s[i+1:]
+	return s, true
+}
+
+func (p *syslogParser) parseRFC3164(s string) {
+	// See https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3164
+
+	// Parse timestamp
+	n := len(time.Stamp)
+	if len(s) < n {
+		return
+	}
+	t, err := time.Parse(time.Stamp, s[:n])
+	if err != nil {
+		// TODO: fall back to parsing ISO8601 timestamp?
+		return
+	}
+	s = s[n:]
+
+	t = t.UTC()
+	t = time.Date(p.currentYear, t.Month(), t.Day(), t.Hour(), t.Minute(), t.Second(), t.Nanosecond(), time.UTC)
+	if uint64(t.Unix())-24*3600 > fasttime.UnixTimestamp() {
+		// Adjust time to the previous year
+		t = time.Date(t.Year()-1, t.Month(), t.Day(), t.Hour(), t.Minute(), t.Second(), t.Nanosecond(), time.UTC)
+	}
+
+	bufLen := len(p.buf)
+	p.buf = marshalTimestampISO8601String(p.buf, t.UnixNano())
+	p.addField("timestamp", bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(p.buf[bufLen:]))
+
+	if len(s) == 0 || s[0] != ' ' {
+		// Missing space after the time field
+		return
+	}
+	s = s[1:]
+
+	// Parse hostname
+	n = strings.IndexByte(s, ' ')
+	if n < 0 {
+		p.addField("hostname", s)
+		return
+	}
+	p.addField("hostname", s[:n])
+	s = s[n+1:]
+
+	// Parse tag (aka app_name)
+	n = strings.IndexAny(s, "[: ")
+	if n < 0 {
+		p.addField("app_name", s)
+		return
+	}
+	p.addField("app_name", s[:n])
+	s = s[n:]
+
+	// Parse proc_id
+	if len(s) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	if s[0] == '[' {
+		s = s[1:]
+		n = strings.IndexByte(s, ']')
+		if n < 0 {
+			return
+		}
+		p.addField("proc_id", s[:n])
+		s = s[n+1:]
+	}
+
+	// Skip optional ': ' in front of message
+	s = strings.TrimPrefix(s, ":")
+	s = strings.TrimPrefix(s, " ")
+
+	if len(s) > 0 {
+		p.addField("message", s)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/syslog_parser_test.go b/lib/logstorage/syslog_parser_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a61a1fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/syslog_parser_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSyslogParser(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(s, resultExpected string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		const currentYear = 2024
+		p := getSyslogParser(currentYear)
+		defer putSyslogParser(p)
+
+		p.parse(s)
+		result := MarshalFieldsToJSON(nil, p.fields)
+		if string(result) != resultExpected {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected result when parsing [%s]; got\n%s\nwant\n%s\n", s, result, resultExpected)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// RFC 3164
+	f("Jun  3 12:08:33 abcd systemd[1]: Starting Update the local ESM caches...",
+		`{"timestamp":"2024-06-03T12:08:33.000Z","hostname":"abcd","app_name":"systemd","proc_id":"1","message":"Starting Update the local ESM caches..."}`)
+	f("<165>Jun  3 12:08:33 abcd systemd[1]: Starting Update the local ESM caches...",
+		`{"priority":"165","facility":"20","severity":"5","timestamp":"2024-06-03T12:08:33.000Z","hostname":"abcd","app_name":"systemd","proc_id":"1","message":"Starting Update the local ESM caches..."}`)
+	f("Mar 13 12:08:33 abcd systemd: Starting Update the local ESM caches...",
+		`{"timestamp":"2024-03-13T12:08:33.000Z","hostname":"abcd","app_name":"systemd","message":"Starting Update the local ESM caches..."}`)
+	f("Jun  3 12:08:33 abcd - Starting Update the local ESM caches...",
+		`{"timestamp":"2024-06-03T12:08:33.000Z","hostname":"abcd","app_name":"-","message":"Starting Update the local ESM caches..."}`)
+	f("Jun  3 12:08:33 - - Starting Update the local ESM caches...",
+		`{"timestamp":"2024-06-03T12:08:33.000Z","hostname":"-","app_name":"-","message":"Starting Update the local ESM caches..."}`)
+
+	// RFC 5424
+	f(`<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 - This is a test message with structured data.`,
+		`{"priority":"165","facility":"20","severity":"5","timestamp":"2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z","hostname":"mymachine.example.com","app_name":"appname","proc_id":"12345","msg_id":"ID47","message":"This is a test message with structured data."}`)
+	f(`1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 - This is a test message with structured data.`,
+		`{"timestamp":"2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z","hostname":"mymachine.example.com","app_name":"appname","proc_id":"12345","msg_id":"ID47","message":"This is a test message with structured data."}`)
+	f(`<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:00.000Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 [exampleSDID@32473 iut="3" eventSource="Application 123 = ] 56" eventID="11211"] This is a test message with structured data.`,
+		`{"priority":"165","facility":"20","severity":"5","timestamp":"2023-06-03T17:42:00.000Z","hostname":"mymachine.example.com","app_name":"appname","proc_id":"12345","msg_id":"ID47","exampleSDID@32473":"iut=\"3\" eventSource=\"Application 123 = ] 56\" eventID=\"11211\"","message":"This is a test message with structured data."}`)
+	f(`<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:00.000Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 [foo@123 iut="3"][bar@456 eventID="11211"] This is a test message with structured data.`,
+		`{"priority":"165","facility":"20","severity":"5","timestamp":"2023-06-03T17:42:00.000Z","hostname":"mymachine.example.com","app_name":"appname","proc_id":"12345","msg_id":"ID47","foo@123":"iut=\"3\"","bar@456":"eventID=\"11211\"","message":"This is a test message with structured data."}`)
+
+	// Incomplete RFC 3164
+	f("", `{}`)
+	f("Jun  3 12:08:33", `{"timestamp":"2024-06-03T12:08:33.000Z"}`)
+	f("Jun  3 12:08:33 abcd", `{"timestamp":"2024-06-03T12:08:33.000Z","hostname":"abcd"}`)
+	f("Jun  3 12:08:33 abcd sudo", `{"timestamp":"2024-06-03T12:08:33.000Z","hostname":"abcd","app_name":"sudo"}`)
+	f("Jun  3 12:08:33 abcd sudo[123]", `{"timestamp":"2024-06-03T12:08:33.000Z","hostname":"abcd","app_name":"sudo","proc_id":"123"}`)
+	f("Jun  3 12:08:33 abcd sudo foobar", `{"timestamp":"2024-06-03T12:08:33.000Z","hostname":"abcd","app_name":"sudo","message":"foobar"}`)
+
+	// Incomplete RFC 5424
+	f(`<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47 [foo@123]`,
+		`{"priority":"165","facility":"20","severity":"5","timestamp":"2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z","hostname":"mymachine.example.com","app_name":"appname","proc_id":"12345","msg_id":"ID47","foo@123":""}`)
+	f(`<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345 ID47`,
+		`{"priority":"165","facility":"20","severity":"5","timestamp":"2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z","hostname":"mymachine.example.com","app_name":"appname","proc_id":"12345","msg_id":"ID47"}`)
+	f(`<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname 12345`,
+		`{"priority":"165","facility":"20","severity":"5","timestamp":"2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z","hostname":"mymachine.example.com","app_name":"appname","proc_id":"12345"}`)
+	f(`<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com appname`,
+		`{"priority":"165","facility":"20","severity":"5","timestamp":"2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z","hostname":"mymachine.example.com","app_name":"appname"}`)
+	f(`<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z mymachine.example.com`,
+		`{"priority":"165","facility":"20","severity":"5","timestamp":"2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z","hostname":"mymachine.example.com"}`)
+	f(`<165>1 2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z`,
+		`{"priority":"165","facility":"20","severity":"5","timestamp":"2023-06-03T17:42:32.123456789Z"}`)
+	f(`<165>1 `,
+		`{"priority":"165","facility":"20","severity":"5"}`)
+}