diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/proftpd/files/proftpd.service b/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/proftpd/files/proftpd.service
index 3e26d7f386..18764385ef 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/proftpd/files/proftpd.service
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/proftpd/files/proftpd.service
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 Type=forking
 ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/proftpd -c @SYSCONFDIR@/proftpd.conf
+StandardError=syslog
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=default.target