diff --git a/Lib/logging/handlers.py b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
index dc2d973a640..5f838e57e57 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ class SysLogHandler(logging.Handler):
         The record is formatted, and then sent to the syslog server. If
         exception information is present, it is NOT sent to the server.
         """
-        msg = self.format(record)
+        msg = self.format(record) + '\000'
         """
         We need to convert record level to lowercase, maybe this will
         change in the future.