diff --git a/etc/syslog.conf b/etc/syslog.conf
index 238642a573de..db88242c02ee 100644
--- a/etc/syslog.conf
+++ b/etc/syslog.conf
@@ -13,7 +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
+*.=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