diff --git a/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/files/wpa_supplicant/conf b/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/files/wpa_supplicant/conf
index f8e4231118f..162f46274f2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/files/wpa_supplicant/conf
+++ b/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/files/wpa_supplicant/conf
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 WPA_INTERFACE=wlan0
+# Uncommept to enable syslog logging instead of stdout
+#OPTS="-s"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/files/wpa_supplicant/run b/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/files/wpa_supplicant/run
index d09cd61204b..82f3c6479a6 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/files/wpa_supplicant/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/files/wpa_supplicant/run
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 [ -r ./conf ] && . ./conf
 : ${WPA_INTERFACE:=wlan0}
 exec 2>&1
-exec wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -i ${WPA_INTERFACE}
+exec wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -i ${WPA_INTERFACE} ${OPTS}