diff --git a/etc/templates/initrd.ltmpl b/etc/templates/initrd.ltmpl
index 4df203d0..03b023e9 100644
--- a/etc/templates/initrd.ltmpl
+++ b/etc/templates/initrd.ltmpl
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ edit "etc/arch" "${buildarch}"
 ## rsyslogd
 copy "sbin/rsyslogd"
 copy "${libdir}/rsyslog/*"
+copy "etc/rsyslog.conf"
 
 
 ## architecture specific code