diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a8ffb096edd4e83c61d544ace6d34d83e85c22ff..67020d58b008a3ee25923e711838f6060889b266 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ else
   	ol_enable_debug="yes"
 fi
 # end --enable-debug
-ol_enable_syslog=no
+ol_enable_syslog=auto
 # OpenLDAP --enable-proctitle
 	# Check whether --enable-proctitle or --disable-proctitle was given.
 if test "${enable_proctitle+set}" = set; then
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 12b78db575a5cbe86ccebb0e9387c291ef7949eb..cec96b6f59fdf2fa92f8e7d0064a6bfb06080f53 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(subdir, [  --with-subdir=DIR change default subdirectory used for in
 AC_SUBST(ldap_subdir)dnl
 
 OL_ARG_ENABLE(debug,[  --enable-debug 	enable debugging], yes)dnl
-ol_enable_syslog=no
-dnl OL_ARG_ENABLE(syslog,[  --enable-syslog	enable syslog support], auto)dnl
+dnl ol_enable_syslog=no
+OL_ARG_ENABLE(syslog,[  --enable-syslog	enable syslog support], auto)dnl
 OL_ARG_ENABLE(proctitle,[  --enable-proctitle	enable proctitle support], yes)dnl
 OL_ARG_ENABLE(cache,[  --enable-cache	enable caching], yes)dnl
 OL_ARG_ENABLE(dns,[  --enable-dns		enable V2 DNS  extension], no)dnl