diff --git a/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-systemd/syslog-startup.conf b/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-systemd/syslog-startup.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b434291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-systemd/syslog-startup.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# sysmocom default configuration for systemd
+DESTINATION="buffer"		# log destinations (buffer file remote)
+MARKINT=20			# intervall between --mark-- entries
+LOGFILE=/var/log/messages	# where to log (file)
+REMOTE=loghost:514		# where to log (syslog remote)
+REDUCE=no			# reduce-size logging
+#ROTATESIZE=0			# rotate log if grown beyond X [kByte] (incompatible with busybox)
+#ROTATEGENS=3			# keep X generations of rotated logs (incompatible with busybox)
+BUFFERSIZE=64			# size of circular buffer [kByte]
+FOREGROUND=no			# run in foreground (don't use!)
diff --git a/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_sysmocom_systemd.inc b/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_sysmocom_systemd.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03460c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_sysmocom_systemd.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Make busybox work nicely with systemd
+SYSMOCOM_D := "${@os.path.dirname(bb.data.getVar('FILE', d, True))}"
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${SYSMOCOM}/${PN}-systemd:${SYSMOCOM_D}/${PN}:"
+PRINC := "${@int(PRINC) + 2}"
diff --git a/yocto-master/busybox_1.20.2.bbappend b/yocto-master/busybox_1.20.2.bbappend
index 2821536..3135d22 100644
--- a/yocto-master/busybox_1.20.2.bbappend
+++ b/yocto-master/busybox_1.20.2.bbappend
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 require recipes-core/busybox/${PN}_sysmocom.inc
+require recipes-core/busybox/${PN}_sysmocom_systemd.inc