diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/Config.in b/package/wpa_supplicant/Config.in
index 8b0b36693..74145f186 100644
--- a/package/wpa_supplicant/Config.in
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/Config.in
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_DBUS_INTROSPECTION
 	help
 	  Add introspection support for new DBus control interface.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_DEBUG_SYSLOG
+	bool "Enable syslog support"
+	help
+	  Enable support for sending debug messages to syslog
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_WPS
 	bool "Enable support for WPS"
 	help
diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
index 4ae41c10f..920f96a17 100644
--- a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ endef
 
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_DEBUG_SYSLOG),y)
+define WPA_SUPPLICANT_DEBUG_CONFIG
+	$(SED) 's/\(#\)\(CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG.*\)/\2/' $(WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG)
+endef
+endif
+
 define WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	cp $(@D)/wpa_supplicant/defconfig $(WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG)
 	$(SED) 's/\(#\)\(CONFIG_HS20.*\)/\2/' $(WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG)
@@ -133,6 +139,7 @@ define WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_LIBNL_CONFIG)
 	$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_DBUS_CONFIG)
 	$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_AP_CONFIG)
+	$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_DEBUG_CONFIG)
 endef
 
 define WPA_SUPPLICANT_BUILD_CMDS