diff --git a/board/common/rootfs/etc/syslog.d/00-default.conf b/board/common/rootfs/etc/syslog.d/00-default.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfb4af23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/common/rootfs/etc/syslog.d/00-default.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+rotate_size  1M
+rotate_count 10
diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/default/sysklogd b/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/default/sysklogd
index dce776c8..dba36fc2 100644
--- a/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/default/sysklogd
+++ b/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/default/sysklogd
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # -m0     :: Disable periodic syslog MARK entries
 # -s      :: Enable secure mode, don't listen to remote logs
 # -r 1M:5 :: Log rotation every 1 MiB and keep 5 rotated ones
-SYSLOGD_ARGS="-l -m0 -s -r 1M:10"
+SYSLOGD_ARGS="-l -m0"