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diff --git a/src/libnetdata/log/nd_log-to-syslog.c b/src/libnetdata/log/nd_log-to-syslog.c
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+++ b/src/libnetdata/log/nd_log-to-syslog.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+#include "nd_log-internals.h"
+
+void nd_log_init_syslog(void) {
+    if(nd_log.syslog.initialized)
+        return;
+
+    openlog(program_name, LOG_PID, nd_log.syslog.facility);
+    nd_log.syslog.initialized = true;
+}
+
+bool nd_logger_syslog(int priority, ND_LOG_FORMAT format __maybe_unused, struct log_field *fields, size_t fields_max) {
+    CLEAN_BUFFER *wb = buffer_create(1024, NULL);
+
+    nd_logger_logfmt(wb, fields, fields_max);
+    syslog(priority, "%s", buffer_tostring(wb));
+
+    return true;
+}