diff --git a/federationsender/consumers/roomserver.go b/federationsender/consumers/roomserver.go
index b53cb251b..513919c6f 100644
--- a/federationsender/consumers/roomserver.go
+++ b/federationsender/consumers/roomserver.go
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ func (s *OutputRoomEventConsumer) onMessage(msg *sarama.ConsumerMessage) error {
 			default:
 				// panic rather than continue with an inconsistent database
 				log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+					"event_id":   ev.EventID(),
 					"event":      string(ev.JSON()),
 					"add":        output.NewRoomEvent.AddsStateEventIDs,
 					"del":        output.NewRoomEvent.RemovesStateEventIDs,
diff --git a/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go b/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
index 1d47b73a6..a8cc5f710 100644
--- a/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
+++ b/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ func (s *OutputRoomEventConsumer) onNewRoomEvent(
 	if err != nil {
 		// panic rather than continue with an inconsistent database
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"event_id":   ev.EventID(),
 			"event":      string(ev.JSON()),
 			log.ErrorKey: err,
 			"add":        msg.AddsStateEventIDs,
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ func (s *OutputRoomEventConsumer) onOldRoomEvent(
 	if err != nil {
 		// panic rather than continue with an inconsistent database
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"event_id":   ev.EventID(),
 			"event":      string(ev.JSON()),
 			log.ErrorKey: err,
 		}).Panicf("roomserver output log: write old event failure")
@@ -276,6 +278,7 @@ func (s *OutputRoomEventConsumer) onNewInviteEvent(
 	if err != nil {
 		// panic rather than continue with an inconsistent database
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"event_id":   msg.Event.EventID(),
 			"event":      string(msg.Event.JSON()),
 			"pdupos":     pduPos,
 			log.ErrorKey: err,