diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5base/Config.in b/package/qt5/qt5base/Config.in
index ce7230c728..ee7c757c60 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5base/Config.in
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5base/Config.in
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_PNG
 
 endif
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_SYSLOG
+	bool "syslog support"
+	help
+	  Logs to the standard UNIX logging mechanism.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_DBUS
 	bool "DBus module"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
index ed308c1fa2..fa92625738 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
@@ -254,6 +254,12 @@ else
 QT5BASE_CONFIGURE_OPTS += -no-journald
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_SYSLOG),y)
+QT5BASE_CONIGURE_OPTS += -syslog
+else
+QT5BASE_CONFIGURE_OPTS += -no-syslog
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_IMX_GPU_VIV),y)
 # use vivante backend
 QT5BASE_EGLFS_DEVICE = EGLFS_DEVICE_INTEGRATION = eglfs_viv