diff --git a/utils/collectd/Makefile b/utils/collectd/Makefile
index 4639baedc..24b045901 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/Makefile
+++ b/utils/collectd/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=collectd
 PKG_VERSION:=5.11.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://collectd.org/files/ \
diff --git a/utils/collectd/files/usr/share/collectd/plugin/syslog.json b/utils/collectd/files/usr/share/collectd/plugin/syslog.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4765098b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/collectd/files/usr/share/collectd/plugin/syslog.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+	"string": [
+		"LogLevel",
+		"NotifyLevel"
+	]
+}