diff --git a/config/default.go b/config/default.go
index 98686504..db00ba49 100644
--- a/config/default.go
+++ b/config/default.go
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ func NewConfig() *Config {
 					"--pid=host " +
 					"console",
 			},
+			{
+				Cmd: "--name=syslog " +
+				     	"-d " +
+				     	"--privileged " +
+				    	"--net=host " +
+					"syslog",
+			},
 		},
 		RescueContainer: &ContainerConfig{
 			Cmd: "--name=rescue " +
diff --git a/scripts/dockerimages/09-syslog b/scripts/dockerimages/09-syslog
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04052bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dockerimages/09-syslog
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FROM console
+COPY scripts/dockerimages/scripts/syslog.sh /
+CMD ["/syslog.sh"] 
diff --git a/scripts/dockerimages/scripts/syslog.sh b/scripts/dockerimages/scripts/syslog.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..76a2aa3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dockerimages/scripts/syslog.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!bin/bash
+
+set -x -e
+
+exec syslogd -n