diff --git a/etc/Makefile b/etc/Makefile
index cb1007d3a04e..6140f7f7c15b 100644
--- a/etc/Makefile
+++ b/etc/Makefile
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ distribution:
 	    ${DESTDIR}/var/log/auth.log
 	${INSTALL} -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 600 /dev/null \
 	    ${DESTDIR}/var/log/cron
+	${INSTALL} -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 600 /dev/null \
+	    ${DESTDIR}/var/log/debug.log
 	${INSTALL} -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 600 /dev/null \
 	    ${DESTDIR}/var/log/xferlog
 	${INSTALL} -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 644 /dev/null \
diff --git a/etc/newsyslog.conf b/etc/newsyslog.conf
index 395c8b628a09..8c8cd22ff62c 100644
--- a/etc/newsyslog.conf
+++ b/etc/newsyslog.conf
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 /var/log/console.log			600  5	   100	*     J
 /var/log/cron				600  3	   100	*     J
 /var/log/daily.log			640  7	   *	@T00  J
+/var/log/debug.log			600  7     100  *     J
 /var/log/kerberos.log			600  7	   100	*     J
 /var/log/lpd-errs			644  7	   100	*     J
 /var/log/maillog			640  7	   *	@T00  J
diff --git a/etc/syslog.conf b/etc/syslog.conf
index 23b0d8c1ee9c..238642a573de 100644
--- a/etc/syslog.conf
+++ b/etc/syslog.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ mail.info					/var/log/maillog
 lpr.info					/var/log/lpd-errs
 ftp.info					/var/log/xferlog
 cron.*						/var/log/cron
+*.debug						/var/log/debug.log
 *.emerg						*
 # uncomment this to log all writes to /dev/console to /var/log/console.log
 #console.info					/var/log/console.log