diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index c7022ce9..2094106c 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
 #include "utils.h"
 
 int utils_debug = 0;
-int utils_syslog = 0;
+int utils_syslog = 1;
 
 int knet_fdset_cloexec(int fd)
 {
 	int fdflags;
 
 	fdflags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD, 0);
 	if (fdflags < 0)
 		return -1;
 
 	fdflags |= FD_CLOEXEC;
 
 	if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, fdflags) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index 0c71eaa7..20963cb4 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -1,47 +1,49 @@
 #ifndef __UTILS_H__
 #define __UTILS_H__
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 
 extern int utils_debug;
 extern int utils_syslog;
 
 #ifndef TEST
 #define STATIC static
 #else
 #define STATIC
 #endif
 
 #define log_debug(fmt, args...)	\
-if (utils_debug) { \
-	printf("DEBUG(%s:%i|%s): " fmt "\n", \
-			__FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, ##args); \
-}
+do { \
+	if (utils_debug) { \
+		printf("DEBUG(%s:%i|%s): " fmt "\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, ##args); \
+		if (utils_syslog) syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "DEBUG(%s:%i|%s): " fmt, __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, ##args); \
+	} \
+} while (0);
 
 #define log_info(fmt, args...) \
 do { \
 	fprintf(stderr, "Notice: " fmt "\n", ##args); \
 	if (utils_syslog) syslog(LOG_INFO, fmt, ##args); \
 } while (0);
 
 #define log_error(fmt, args...) \
 do { \
 	fprintf(stderr, "Error: " fmt " (%s)\n", ##args, strerror(errno)); \
 	if (utils_syslog) syslog(LOG_ERR, fmt, ##args); \
 } while (0);
 
 #define timespec_diff(start, end, diff) \
 do { \
 	if (end.tv_sec > start.tv_sec) \
 		*(diff) = ((end.tv_sec - start.tv_sec) * 1000000000llu) \
 					+ end.tv_nsec - start.tv_nsec; \
 	else \
 		*(diff) = end.tv_nsec - start.tv_nsec; \
 } while (0);
 
 int knet_fdset_cloexec(int fd);
 
 #endif