diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 010bd50..5bfd6d4 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 %% -*- tab-width: 4;erlang-indent-level: 4;indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
 %% ex: ft=erlang ts=4 sw=4 et
 
 { deps_dir, "deps" }.
 { deps, [
     { lager, ".*", { git, "https://github.com/basho/lager.git", { tag, "2.1.0" } } },
+    { lager_syslog, "2.0.*", { git, "https://github.com/basho/lager_syslog.git", { tag, "2.0.3" } } },
     { eimap, ".*", { git, "https://git.kolab.org/diffusion/EI/eimap.git", { branch, "develop" } } }
     %% pull in the proper version of meck before jobs 0.3 gets around to pulling in the wrong version
    ]
 }.
 
 { erl_opts, [ %%no_debug_info,
             {parse_transform, lager_transform},
             {platform_define, "(linux|solaris|freebsd|darwin)", 'HAVE_SENDFILE'}
             ]
 }.
 { sub_dirs, [
     "apps/kolab_guam",
     "rel"
  ]}.
 { erl_first_files, ["apps/kolab_guam/src/kolab_guam_rule.erl"] }.
 { erl_opts, [debug_info, fail_on_warning] }.
 { eunit_opts, [verbose, {skip_deps, true }] }.
 { eunit_exclude_deps, true }.
 { cover_enabled, true }.
 
 %%{require_otp_vsn, "17"}.
 { pre_hooks, [ { clean, "rm -fr ebin priv erl_crash.dump" } ] }.
 
diff --git a/rel/reltool.config b/rel/reltool.config
index 796f886..d0db67c 100644
--- a/rel/reltool.config
+++ b/rel/reltool.config
@@ -1,50 +1,51 @@
 %% -*- mode: erlang -*-
 %% ex: ft=erlang
 {sys, [
        {lib_dirs, ["../deps"]},
        {erts, [{mod_cond, derived}, {app_file, strip}]},
        {app_file, strip},
        {rel, "kolab_guam", "0.5",
         [
          kernel,
          stdlib,
          sasl,
          compiler,
          syntax_tools,
          goldrush,
          lager,
+         lager_syslog,
          crypto,
          kolab_guam
         ]},
        {rel, "start_clean", "",
         [
          kernel,
          stdlib
         ]},
        {boot_rel, "kolab_guam"},
        {profile, embedded},
        {incl_cond, derived},
        {excl_archive_filters, [".*"]}, %% Do not archive built libs
        {excl_sys_filters, ["^bin/(?!start_clean.boot)",
                            "^erts.*/bin/(dialyzer|typer)",
                            "^erts.*/(doc|info|include|lib|man|src)"]},
        {excl_app_filters, ["\.gitignore"]},
        {app, kolab_guam, [{mod_cond, app}, {incl_cond, include}, {lib_dir, "../apps/kolab_guam"}]}
       ]}.
 
 {target_dir, "kolab_guam"}.
 
 {overlay, [
            {mkdir, "log/sasl"},
            {copy, "files/erl", "\{\{erts_vsn\}\}/bin/erl"},
            {copy, "files/nodetool", "releases/\{\{rel_vsn\}\}/nodetool"},
            {copy, "kolab_guam/bin/start_clean.boot",
                   "\{\{erts_vsn\}\}/bin/start_clean.boot"},
            {copy, "files/kolab_guam", "bin/kolab_guam"},
            {copy, "files/kolab_guam.cmd", "bin/kolab_guam.cmd"},
            {copy, "files/start_erl.cmd", "bin/start_erl.cmd"},
            %% Following line may be safely removed in new projects
            {copy, "files/install_upgrade.escript", "bin/install_upgrade.escript"},
            {copy, "files/sys.config", "releases/\{\{rel_vsn\}\}/sys.config"},
            {copy, "files/vm.args", "releases/\{\{rel_vsn\}\}/vm.args"}
           ]}.