diff --git a/components/rms/munge/SOURCES/munge.syslog.patch b/components/rms/munge/SOURCES/munge.syslog.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61c3ebf9c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/rms/munge/SOURCES/munge.syslog.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/etc/munge.service.in
++++ src/etc/munge.service.in
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ After=time-sync.target
+ 
+ [Service]
+ Type=forking
+-ExecStart=@sbindir@/munged
++ExecStart=@sbindir@/munged --syslog
+ PIDFile=@localstatedir@/run/munge/munged.pid
+ User=munge
+ Group=munge
diff --git a/components/rms/munge/SPECS/munge.spec b/components/rms/munge/SPECS/munge.spec
index fd569c305a..fd121bf527 100644
--- a/components/rms/munge/SPECS/munge.spec
+++ b/components/rms/munge/SPECS/munge.spec
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ Patch1:     %{pname}.logdir.patch
 Patch2:     %{pname}.initd.patch
 # 11/10/14 karl.w.schulz@intel.com - enable systemd-based startup
 Patch3:     %{pname}.service.patch
+# 2019-03-11 janne.blomqvist@aalto.fi - Enable syslog
+Patch4:     %{pname}.syslog.patch
 
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1230
 Requires(pre):	shadow