diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/defconfig b/wpa_supplicant/defconfig
index c3b230238..647c49d73 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/defconfig
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/defconfig
@@ -388,6 +388,11 @@ CONFIG_PEERKEY=y
 # Add support for writing debug log to a file (/tmp/wpa_supplicant-log-#.txt)
 #CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE=y
 
+# Send debug messages to syslog instead of stdout
+#CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG=y
+# Set syslog facility for debug messages
+#CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG_FACILITY=LOG_DAEMON
+
 # Enable privilege separation (see README 'Privilege separation' for details)
 #CONFIG_PRIVSEP=y