diff --git a/neutron/agent/l3/keepalived_state_change.py b/neutron/agent/l3/keepalived_state_change.py
index e63b707f9a3..e31042db89b 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/l3/keepalived_state_change.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/l3/keepalived_state_change.py
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ def configure(conf):
     config.init(sys.argv[1:])
     conf.set_override('log_dir', cfg.CONF.conf_dir)
     conf.set_override('debug', True)
+    conf.set_override('use_syslog', True)
     config.setup_logging()