diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 143d9db..90d7659 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ struct config_item config_tab[] = {
 	GLOB_ITEM_DBL("step_threshold", 0.0, 0.0, DBL_MAX),
 	GLOB_ITEM_INT("tx_timestamp_timeout", 1, 1, INT_MAX),
 	PORT_ITEM_INT("udp_ttl", 1, 1, 255),
+	GLOB_ITEM_INT("use_syslog", 1, 0, 1),
 };
 
 static struct config_item *config_section_item(struct config *cfg,
@@ -631,13 +632,6 @@ static enum parser_result parse_global_setting(const char *option,
 		if (!(cfg_ignore & CFG_IGNORE_VERBOSE))
 			cfg->verbose = val;
 
-	} else if (!strcmp(option, "use_syslog")) {
-		r = get_ranged_int(value, &val, 0, 1);
-		if (r != PARSED_OK)
-			return r;
-		if (!(cfg_ignore & CFG_IGNORE_USE_SYSLOG))
-			cfg->use_syslog = val;
-
 	} else if (!strcmp(option, "time_stamping")) {
 		if (!(cfg_ignore & CFG_IGNORE_TIMESTAMPING)) {
 			if (0 == strcasecmp("hardware", value))
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 0b7c291..c456ea0 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ struct interface {
 #define CFG_IGNORE_TRANSPORT    (1 << 1)
 #define CFG_IGNORE_TIMESTAMPING (1 << 2)
 #define CFG_IGNORE_SLAVEONLY    (1 << 3)
-#define CFG_IGNORE_USE_SYSLOG   (1 << 5)
 #define CFG_IGNORE_VERBOSE      (1 << 6)
 
 struct config {
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ struct config {
 	unsigned char *udp6_scope;
 	char *uds_address;
 
-	int use_syslog;
 	int verbose;
 };
 
diff --git a/ptp4l.c b/ptp4l.c
index 068b1f3..3e34079 100644
--- a/ptp4l.c
+++ b/ptp4l.c
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ static struct config cfg_settings = {
 	.udp6_scope = &udp6_scope,
 	.uds_address = uds_path,
 
-	.use_syslog = 1,
 	.verbose = 0,
 
 	.cfg_ignore = 0,
@@ -249,8 +248,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			*cfg_ignore |= CFG_IGNORE_VERBOSE;
 			break;
 		case 'q':
-			cfg_settings.use_syslog = 0;
-			*cfg_ignore |= CFG_IGNORE_USE_SYSLOG;
+			config_set_int(cfg, "use_syslog", 0);
 			break;
 		case 'v':
 			version_show(stdout);
@@ -292,7 +290,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	print_set_progname(progname);
 	print_set_verbose(cfg_settings.verbose);
-	print_set_syslog(cfg_settings.use_syslog);
+	print_set_syslog(config_get_int(cfg, NULL, "use_syslog"));
 	print_set_level(config_get_int(cfg, NULL, "logging_level"));
 
 	if (STAILQ_EMPTY(&cfg_settings.interfaces)) {