diff --git a/app/internal/log/log.go b/app/internal/log/log.go
index 4d3a9ca9..731ae492 100644
--- a/app/internal/log/log.go
+++ b/app/internal/log/log.go
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 // Package points standard output, standard error and the standard
 // library package log to the platform logger.
 package log
+
+var appID = "gio"
diff --git a/app/internal/log/log_android.go b/app/internal/log/log_android.go
index 3f7d2cc1..7936911a 100644
--- a/app/internal/log/log_android.go
+++ b/app/internal/log/log_android.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 // 1024 is the truncation limit from android/log.h, plus a \n.
 const logLineLimit = 1024
 
-var logTag = C.CString("gio")
+var logTag = C.CString(appID)
 
 func init() {
 	// Android's logcat already includes timestamps.
diff --git a/cmd/gogio/android_test.go b/cmd/gogio/android_test.go
index 7c8e6b4d..3c5cc00d 100644
--- a/cmd/gogio/android_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gogio/android_test.go
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ func (d *AndroidTestDriver) Start(path string) {
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 		cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, d.adbPath,
 			"logcat",
-			"-s",    // suppress other logs
-			"-T1",   // don't show prevoius log messages
-			"gio:*", // show all logs from gio
+			"-s",       // suppress other logs
+			"-T1",      // don't show prevoius log messages
+			appid+":*", // show all logs from our gio app ID
 		)
 		logcat, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/gogio/main.go b/cmd/gogio/main.go
index 8dc92b70..cf0ec9c5 100644
--- a/cmd/gogio/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gogio/main.go
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ func mainErr() error {
 	if bi.appID == "" {
 		bi.appID = appIDFromPackage(pkgPath)
 	}
+	// Pass appID along, to be used for logging on platforms like Android.
+	bi.ldflags = fmt.Sprintf("-X gioui.org/app/internal/log.appID=%s", bi.appID)
 
 	switch *target {
 	case "js":