1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/verror_msg.c b/libbb/verror_msg.c
index ee95be3e3..87efb56b3 100644
--- a/libbb/verror_msg.c
+++ b/libbb/verror_msg.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # include <syslog.h>
 #endif
 
+smallint syslog_level = LOG_ERR;
 smallint logmode = LOGMODE_STDIO;
 const char *msg_eol = "\n";
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ void FAST_FUNC bb_verror_msg(const char *s, va_list p, const char* strerr)
         }
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_SYSLOG
         if (logmode & LOGMODE_SYSLOG) {
-                syslog(LOG_ERR, "%s", msg + applet_len);
+                syslog(syslog_level, "%s", msg + applet_len);
         }
 #endif
         free(msg);