diff --git a/WHATS_NEW_DM b/WHATS_NEW_DM
index 0f1b4d081..829d9e9a3 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW_DM
+++ b/WHATS_NEW_DM
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 1.02.22 - 
 ================================
+  Introduce and use log_sys_* macros from LVM2
   dm_fclose: new function
   libdevmapper, dmeventd: be paranoid about detecting write failure
 
diff --git a/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c b/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c
index 734ff9fb8..b7f661ff6 100644
--- a/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c
+++ b/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static int _get_proc_number(const char *file, const char *name,
 	uint32_t num;
 
 	if (!(fl = fopen(file, "r"))) {
-		log_error("%s: fopen failed: %s", file, strerror(errno));
+		log_sys_error("fopen", file);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static int _get_proc_number(const char *file, const char *name,
 				if (number) {
 					*number = num;
 					if (fclose(fl))
-						log_error("%s: fclose failed: %s", file, strerror(errno));
+						log_sys_error("fclose", file);
 					return 1;
 				}
 				dm_bit_set(_dm_bitset, num);
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static int _get_proc_number(const char *file, const char *name,
 		} while (c != EOF && c != '\n');
 	}
 	if (fclose(fl))
-		log_error("%s: fclose failed: %s", file, strerror(errno));
+		log_sys_error("fclose", file);
 
 	if (number) {
 		log_error("%s: No entry for %s found", file, name);
@@ -190,8 +190,7 @@ static int _control_exists(const char *control, uint32_t major, uint32_t minor)
 
 	if (stat(control, &buf) < 0) {
 		if (errno != ENOENT)
-			log_error("%s: stat failed: %s", control,
-				  strerror(errno));
+			log_sys_error("stat", control);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -199,8 +198,7 @@ static int _control_exists(const char *control, uint32_t major, uint32_t minor)
 		log_verbose("%s: Wrong inode type", control);
 		if (!unlink(control))
 			return 0;
-		log_error("%s: unlink failed: %s", control,
-			  strerror(errno));
+		log_sys_error("unlink", control);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -211,8 +209,7 @@ static int _control_exists(const char *control, uint32_t major, uint32_t minor)
 			    major, minor);
 		if (!unlink(control))
 			return 0;
-		log_error("%s: unlink failed: %s", control,
-			  strerror(errno));
+		log_sys_error("unlink", control);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -238,7 +235,7 @@ static int _create_control(const char *control, uint32_t major, uint32_t minor)
 
 	if (mknod(control, S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
 		  MKDEV(major, minor)) < 0)  {
-		log_error("%s: mknod failed: %s", control, strerror(errno));
+		log_sys_error("mknod", control);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -301,7 +298,7 @@ static int _open_control(void)
 		goto error;
 
 	if ((_control_fd = open(control, O_RDWR)) < 0) {
-		log_error("%s: open failed: %s", control, strerror(errno));
+		log_sys_error("open", control);
 		goto error;
 	}
 
@@ -597,7 +594,7 @@ static int _dm_names_v1(struct dm_ioctl_v1 *dmi)
 	log_warn("Please upgrade your kernel device-mapper driver.");
 
 	if (!(d = opendir(dev_dir))) {
-		log_error("%s: opendir failed: %s", dev_dir, strerror(errno));
+		log_sys_error("opendir", dev_dir);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -616,7 +613,7 @@ static int _dm_names_v1(struct dm_ioctl_v1 *dmi)
 						      (void *) old_names);
 		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", dev_dir, name);
 		if (stat(path, &buf)) {
-			log_error("%s: stat failed: %s", path, strerror(errno));
+			log_sys_error("stat", path);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!S_ISBLK(buf.st_mode))
@@ -637,7 +634,7 @@ static int _dm_names_v1(struct dm_ioctl_v1 *dmi)
 	}
 
 	if (closedir(d))
-		log_error("%s: closedir failed: %s", dev_dir, strerror(errno));
+		log_sys_error("closedir", dev_dir);
 
 	return r;
 }
@@ -1324,7 +1321,7 @@ static int _process_mapper_dir(struct dm_task *dmt)
 
 	dir = dm_dir();
 	if (!(d = opendir(dir))) {
-		log_error("opendir %s: %s", dir, strerror(errno));
+		log_sys_error("opendir", dir);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1338,7 +1335,7 @@ static int _process_mapper_dir(struct dm_task *dmt)
 	}
 
 	if (closedir(d))
-		log_error("closedir %s: %s", dir, strerror(errno));
+		log_sys_error("closedir", dir);
 
 	return r;
 }
diff --git a/libdm/libdm-common.c b/libdm/libdm-common.c
index 9af72562a..7a50c5ee2 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-common.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-common.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ int dm_set_selinux_context(const char *path, mode_t mode)
 	log_debug("Setting SELinux context for %s to %s.", path, scontext);
 
 	if ((lsetfilecon(path, scontext) < 0) && (errno != ENOTSUP)) {
-		log_error("%s: lsetfilecon failed: %s", path, strerror(errno));
+		log_sys_error("lsetfilecon", path);
 		freecon(scontext);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static int _add_dev_node(const char *dev_name, uint32_t major, uint32_t minor,
 	umask(old_mask);
 
 	if (chown(path, uid, gid) < 0) {
-		log_error("%s: chown failed: %s", path, strerror(errno));
+		log_sys_error("chown", path);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/libdm/libdm-file.c b/libdm/libdm-file.c
index 2f16c80c9..38dabb633 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-file.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-file.c
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ static int _create_dir_recursive(const char *dir)
 		if (*orig) {
 			rc = mkdir(orig, 0777);
 			if (rc < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
-				log_error("%s: mkdir failed: %s", orig,
-					  strerror(errno));
+				log_sys_error("mkdir", orig);
 				goto out;
 			}
 		}
@@ -44,8 +43,7 @@ static int _create_dir_recursive(const char *dir)
 	/* Create final directory */
 	rc = mkdir(dir, 0777);
 	if (rc < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
-		log_error("%s: mkdir failed: %s", orig,
-			  strerror(errno));
+		log_sys_error("mkdir", orig);
 		goto out;
 	}