diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index 47dd22e6c..7500c0ae6 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -611,7 +611,8 @@ func (q *qemu) virtiofsdArgs(fd uintptr) []string {
 	args := []string{
 		fmt.Sprintf("--fd=%v", fd),
 		"-o", "source=" + sourcePath,
-		"-o", "cache=" + q.config.VirtioFSCache}
+		"-o", "cache=" + q.config.VirtioFSCache,
+		"--syslog"}
 	if q.config.Debug {
 		args = append(args, "-d")
 	} else {
diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu_test.go b/virtcontainers/qemu_test.go
index 72dcace95..7a4a7b6f5 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu_test.go
@@ -502,12 +502,12 @@ func TestQemuVirtiofsdArgs(t *testing.T) {
 		kataHostSharedDir = savedKataHostSharedDir
 	}()
 
-	result := "--fd=123 -o source=test-share-dir/foo -o cache=none -d"
+	result := "--fd=123 -o source=test-share-dir/foo -o cache=none --syslog -d"
 	args := q.virtiofsdArgs(123)
 	assert.Equal(strings.Join(args, " "), result)
 
 	q.config.Debug = false
-	result = "--fd=123 -o source=test-share-dir/foo -o cache=none -f"
+	result = "--fd=123 -o source=test-share-dir/foo -o cache=none --syslog -f"
 	args = q.virtiofsdArgs(123)
 	assert.Equal(strings.Join(args, " "), result)
 }