diff --git a/synapse/config/logger.py b/synapse/config/logger.py

index a25c70e928..49f6c32beb 100644
--- a/synapse/config/logger.py
+++ b/synapse/config/logger.py
@@ -257,5 +257,6 @@ def setup_logging(
     logging.warning("***** STARTING SERVER *****")
     logging.warning("Server %s version %s", sys.argv[0], get_version_string(synapse))
     logging.info("Server hostname: %s", config.server_name)
+    logging.info("Instance name: %s", hs.get_instance_name())
 
     return logger