diff --git a/inventory_provider/logging_default_config.json b/inventory_provider/logging_default_config.json
index 720d5599b27d28f6247ac9bbd1aaaadeade5ddbb..85cc047881df6b8c26f5b1b5b9c7f73e71674abf 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/logging_default_config.json
+++ b/inventory_provider/logging_default_config.json
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
             "stream": "ext://sys.stdout"
         },
 
+        "syslog_handler": {
+            "class": "logging.handlers.SysLogHandler",
+            "level": "DEBUG",
+            "address": "/var/run/syslog",
+            "facility": "user",
+            "formatter": "simple"
+        },
+
         "info_file_handler": {
             "class": "logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler",
             "level": "INFO",
@@ -39,7 +47,7 @@
     "loggers": {
         "inventory_provider": {
             "level": "DEBUG",
-            "handlers": ["console"],
+            "handlers": ["console", "syslog_handler"],
             "propagate": false
         },
         "inventory_provider.snmp": {