diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 82bfb01..59e0ead 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -283,6 +283,13 @@ int get_global_config(struct config *conf)
 	} else {
 		return error;
 	}
+	if ((error = uci_get_value(UCI_CPE_ENABLE_SYSLOG, &value)) == CWMP_OK) {
+		if (value != NULL) {
+			log_set_on_syslog(value);
+			free(value);
+			value = NULL;
+		}
+	}
 	if ((error = uci_get_value(UCI_CPE_PORT_PATH, &value)) == CWMP_OK) {
 		int a = 0;
 
diff --git a/inc/cwmp_uci.h b/inc/cwmp_uci.h
index 3e21ef5..a66e649 100644
--- a/inc/cwmp_uci.h
+++ b/inc/cwmp_uci.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #define UCI_CPE_LOG_MAX_SIZE "cwmp.cpe.log_max_size"
 #define UCI_CPE_ENABLE_STDOUT_LOG "cwmp.cpe.log_to_console"
 #define UCI_CPE_ENABLE_FILE_LOG "cwmp.cpe.log_to_file"
+#define UCI_CPE_ENABLE_SYSLOG "cwmp.cpe.log_to_syslog"
 #define UCI_CPE_AMD_VERSION "cwmp.cpe.amd_version"
 #define UCI_CPE_INSTANCE_MODE "cwmp.cpe.instance_mode"
 #define UCI_CPE_SESSION_TIMEOUT "cwmp.cpe.session_timeout"
diff --git a/inc/log.h b/inc/log.h
index 0cffc49..01797aa 100644
--- a/inc/log.h
+++ b/inc/log.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ int log_set_log_file_name(char *value);
 int log_set_file_max_size(char *value);
 int log_set_on_console(char *value);
 int log_set_on_file(char *value);
+int log_set_on_syslog(char *value);
 int log_set_severity_idx(char *value);
 #define DEFAULT_LOG_FILE_SIZE 10240
 #define DEFAULT_LOG_FILE_NAME "/var/log/icwmpd.log"
diff --git a/log.c b/log.c
index 679fb02..a3a19e6 100644
--- a/log.c
+++ b/log.c
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include "common.h"
 #include "log.h"
 
@@ -21,6 +24,7 @@ static long int log_max_size = DEFAULT_LOG_FILE_SIZE;
 static char log_file_name[256];
 static bool enable_log_file = true;
 static bool enable_log_stdout = false;
+static bool enable_log_syslog = true;
 static pthread_mutex_t mutex_log = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
 int log_set_severity_idx(char *value)
@@ -72,6 +76,27 @@ int log_set_on_file(char *value)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+extern char *__progname;
+
+int log_set_on_syslog(char *value)
+{
+	if (strcmp(value, "enable") == 0) {
+		char ident[256];
+
+		enable_log_syslog = true;
+
+		setlogmask(LOG_UPTO(log_severity));
+		snprintf(ident, sizeof(ident), "%s[%d]", __progname, getpid());
+		ident[sizeof(ident) - 1] = '\0';
+		openlog(ident, LOG_NDELAY, LOG_LOCAL1);
+	}
+
+	if (strcmp(value, "disable") == 0) {
+		enable_log_syslog = false;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
 void puts_log(int severity, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;
@@ -85,12 +110,12 @@ void puts_log(int severity, const char *fmt, ...)
 	char buf[1024];
 	char buf_file[1024];
 
-	if (severity > log_severity) {
-		return;
-	}
-
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex_log);
 
+	if (severity > log_severity) {
+		goto syslog;
+	}
+
 	gettimeofday(&tv, 0);
 	Tm = localtime(&tv.tv_sec);
 	i = sprintf(buf, "%02d-%02d-%4d, %02d:%02d:%02d %s ", Tm->tm_mday, Tm->tm_mon + 1, Tm->tm_year + 1900, Tm->tm_hour, Tm->tm_min, Tm->tm_sec, SEVERITY_NAMES[severity]);
@@ -123,6 +148,17 @@ void puts_log(int severity, const char *fmt, ...)
 	if (enable_log_stdout) {
 		puts(buf);
 	}
+
+syslog:
+	if (enable_log_syslog) {
+		va_start(args, fmt);
+		vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
+		buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\0';
+		va_end(args);
+
+		syslog(severity, "%s", buf);
+	}
+
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutex_log);
 }
 
@@ -137,12 +173,12 @@ void puts_log_xmlmsg(int severity, char *msg, int msgtype)
 	char buf[1024];
 	char *description, *separator;
 
-	if (severity > log_severity) {
-		return;
-	}
-
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex_log);
 
+	if (severity > log_severity) {
+		goto xml_syslog;
+	}
+
 	gettimeofday(&tv, 0);
 	Tm = localtime(&tv.tv_sec);
 	sprintf(buf, "%02d-%02d-%4d, %02d:%02d:%02d %s ", Tm->tm_mday, Tm->tm_mon + 1, Tm->tm_year + 1900, Tm->tm_hour, Tm->tm_min, Tm->tm_sec, SEVERITY_NAMES[severity]);
@@ -185,5 +221,13 @@ void puts_log_xmlmsg(int severity, char *msg, int msgtype)
 		puts("\n");
 		puts(separator);
 	}
+
+xml_syslog:
+	if (enable_log_syslog) {
+		syslog(severity, "%s: %s", ((msgtype == XML_MSG_IN) ? "IN" : "OUT"), msg);
+		if (sizeof(buf) < strlen(msg))
+			syslog(severity, "Truncated message at %d characters", strlen(msg));
+	}
+
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutex_log);
 }