diff --git a/contrib/debian/finit.d/available/Makefile.am b/contrib/debian/finit.d/available/Makefile.am
index 31d806d4..e971a708 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/finit.d/available/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/debian/finit.d/available/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 docsdir   := @docdir@/contrib/debian/finit.d/available
-docs_DATA  = acpid.conf console-setup.conf getty.conf		\
-             keyboard-setup.conf lightdm.conf modules.conf	\
-             ntpclient.conf rsyslogd.conf sshd.conf xdm.conf
+docs_DATA  = acpid.conf console-setup.conf getty.conf keyboard-setup.conf \
+	     lightdm.conf modules.conf ntpclient.conf rsyslogd.conf 	  \
+	     sshd.conf syslogd.conf xdm.conf
 EXTRA_DIST = $(docs_DATA)
diff --git a/contrib/debian/finit.d/available/syslogd.conf b/contrib/debian/finit.d/available/syslogd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2feb808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/debian/finit.d/available/syslogd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Start sysklogd as soon as possible, should always run if enabled
+service [S123456789] syslogd -sF -r 10M:10 -- System logging daemon