diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/08_syslogd b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/08_syslogd
index 0ea53573d4..5b7ad390db 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/08_syslogd
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/08_syslogd
@@ -35,5 +35,10 @@ case $RUNLEVEL in
     ;;
 
   poweroff|reboot)
+    progress "Stopping Kernellog daemon"
+      killall klogd
+
+    progress "Stopping Syslog daemon"
+      killall syslogd
     ;;
 esac