diff --git a/etc/syslog.conf b/etc/syslog.conf
index c91070a3b180..be96831d254c 100644
--- a/etc/syslog.conf
+++ b/etc/syslog.conf
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ cron.*						/var/log/cron
 # news.notice					/var/log/news/news.notice
 !ppp
 *.*						/var/log/ppp.log
+!*