diff --git a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
index 261f59dd35..1de481f16f 100644
--- a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
+++ b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
@@ -57,17 +57,32 @@ else
 RSYSLOG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-uuid
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD),y)
+RSYSLOG_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--enable-systemd \
+	--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd/system
+RSYSLOG_DEPENDENCIES += systemd
+else
+RSYSLOG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-systemd
+endif
+
 define RSYSLOG_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D package/rsyslog/S01logging \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S01logging
 endef
 
+# The rsyslog.service is installed by rsyslog, but the link is not created
+# so the service is not enabled.
+# We need to create another link which is due to the fact that the
+# rsyslog.service contains an Alias=
+# If we were to use systemctl enable to enable the service, it would
+# create both, so we mimic that.
 define RSYSLOG_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
-	ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/syslog.service
 	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants
-	ln -sf ../syslog.service \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/syslog.service
+	ln -sf ../../../../usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rsyslog.service
+	ln -sf ../../../../usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/syslog.service
 endef
 
 define RSYSLOG_INSTALL_CONF