diff --git a/ofborg/Cargo.lock b/ofborg/Cargo.lock
index 5d7537d..f337772 100644
--- a/ofborg/Cargo.lock
+++ b/ofborg/Cargo.lock
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive 1.0.27 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tempfile 2.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "uuid 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -686,6 +687,14 @@ name = "utf8-ranges"
 version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "uuid"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand 0.3.20 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -817,6 +826,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum url 1.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "fa35e768d4daf1d85733418a49fb42e10d7f633e394fccab4ab7aba897053fe2"
 "checksum utf8-ranges 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a1ca13c08c41c9c3e04224ed9ff80461d97e121589ff27c753a16cb10830ae0f"
 "checksum utf8-ranges 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "662fab6525a98beff2921d7f61a39e7d59e0b425ebc7d0d9e66d316e55124122"
+"checksum uuid 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7cfec50b0842181ba6e713151b72f4ec84a6a7e2c9c8a8a3ffc37bb1cd16b231"
 "checksum vcpkg 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9e0a7d8bed3178a8fb112199d466eeca9ed09a14ba8ad67718179b4fd5487d0b"
 "checksum version_check 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6b772017e347561807c1aa192438c5fd74242a670a6cffacc40f2defd1dc069d"
 "checksum void 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6a02e4885ed3bc0f2de90ea6dd45ebcbb66dacffe03547fadbb0eeae2770887d"
diff --git a/ofborg/Cargo.toml b/ofborg/Cargo.toml
index 50d320f..ae9fe2b 100644
--- a/ofborg/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ofborg/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ env_logger = "0.4.3"
 # amqp = { path = "./rust-amqp/" } # for testing patches
 amqp = { git = "https://github.com/grahamc/rust-amqp.git" }
 md5 = "0.3.5"
+uuid = { version = "0.4", features = ["v4"] }
 fs2 = "0.4.2"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
diff --git a/ofborg/src/lib.rs b/ofborg/src/lib.rs
index a816f4a..94adcf0 100644
--- a/ofborg/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ofborg/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ extern crate tempfile;
 extern crate amqp;
 extern crate fs2;
 extern crate md5;
+extern crate uuid;
 
 pub mod acl;
 pub mod checkout;
diff --git a/ofborg/src/message/buildlogmsg.rs b/ofborg/src/message/buildlogmsg.rs
index 551bdb3..9763a2b 100644
--- a/ofborg/src/message/buildlogmsg.rs
+++ b/ofborg/src/message/buildlogmsg.rs
@@ -6,4 +6,12 @@ pub struct BuildLogMsg {
     pub output: String,
     pub identity: String,
     pub system: String,
+    pub attempt_id: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct BuildLogStart {
+    pub identity: String,
+    pub system: String,
+    pub attempt_id: String,
 }
diff --git a/ofborg/src/tasks/build.rs b/ofborg/src/tasks/build.rs
index c8a1f93..0ffd610 100644
--- a/ofborg/src/tasks/build.rs
+++ b/ofborg/src/tasks/build.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 extern crate amqp;
+extern crate uuid;
 extern crate env_logger;
 
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::slice::Iter;
 use std::fs::File;
@@ -48,16 +51,18 @@ struct JobActions<'a, 'b> {
     receiver: &'a mut notifyworker::NotificationReceiver,
     job: &'b buildjob::BuildJob,
     line_counter: u64,
+    attempt_id: String,
 }
 
 impl<'a, 'b> JobActions<'a, 'b> {
     fn new(system: &str, identity: &str, job: &'b buildjob::BuildJob, receiver: &'a mut notifyworker::NotificationReceiver) -> JobActions<'a, 'b> {
         return JobActions {
             system: system.to_owned(),
-            identity: system.to_owned(),
+            identity: identity.to_owned(),
             receiver: receiver,
             job: job,
             line_counter: 0,
+            attempt_id: format!("{}", Uuid::new_v4()),
         };
     }
 
@@ -87,12 +92,29 @@ impl<'a, 'b> JobActions<'a, 'b> {
         self.tell(worker::Action::Ack);
     }
 
+    pub fn log_started(&mut self) {
+        self.line_counter += 1;
+
+        let msg = buildlogmsg::BuildLogStart {
+            identity: self.identity.clone(),
+            system: self.system.clone(),
+            attempt_id: self.attempt_id.clone(),
+        };
+
+        self.tell(worker::publish_serde_action(
+            Some("logs".to_owned()),
+            Some("build.log".to_owned()),
+            &msg
+        ));
+    }
+
     pub fn log_line(&mut self, line: &str) {
         self.line_counter += 1;
 
         let msg = buildlogmsg::BuildLogMsg {
             identity: self.identity.clone(),
             system: self.system.clone(),
+            attempt_id: self.attempt_id.clone(),
             line_number: self.line_counter,
             output: line.to_owned(),
         };
@@ -194,6 +216,7 @@ impl notifyworker::SimpleNotifyWorker for BuildWorker {
             job.attrs.clone()
         );
 
+        actions.log_started();
         let acmd = AsyncCmd::new(cmd);
         let mut spawned = acmd.spawn();