diff --git a/alpine/etc/conf.d/syslog b/alpine/etc/conf.d/syslog
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53ccb79d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine/etc/conf.d/syslog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Would prefer to check [ -S /var/run/syslog.vsock ] but it doesn't
+# always exist by the time we get here starts.
+if [ -e /var/run/vsudd.pid -a ! -d /sys/bus/vmbus ] ; then
+    SYSLOGD_OPTS="-R local:/var/run/syslog.vsock"
+fi