diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/Makefile b/package/utils/busybox/Makefile
index 0eaec19938..dbc5dee62c 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/Makefile
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/Makefile
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ define Package/busybox/config
 	source "$(SOURCE)/Config.in"
 endef
 
+ifdef CONFIG_BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG
+define Package/busybox/conffiles
+/etc/syslog.conf
+endef
+endif
+
 # don't create a version string containing the actual timestamp
 export KCONFIG_NOTIMESTAMP=1