diff --git a/spa/plugins/support/journal.c b/spa/plugins/support/journal.c
index e0e58ebeb..463db2c61 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/support/journal.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/support/journal.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
  * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include "config.h"
+
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -114,6 +116,9 @@ impl_log_logtv(void *object,
 	sd_journal_send_with_location(file_buffer, line_buffer, func,
 				      "MESSAGE=%s", message_buffer,
 				      "PRIORITY=%i", priority,
+#ifdef HAVE_GETTID
+				      "TID=%jd", (intmax_t) gettid(),
+#endif
 				      NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/spa/plugins/support/meson.build b/spa/plugins/support/meson.build
index bc7ebbad5..784b21e02 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/support/meson.build
+++ b/spa/plugins/support/meson.build
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ if systemd_dep.found()
 
   spa_journal_lib = shared_library('spa-journal',
     spa_journal_sources,
+    include_directories : [ configinc ],
     dependencies : [ spa_dep, systemd_dep ],
     install : true,
     install_dir : spa_plugindir / 'support')