diff --git a/contrib/seccomp/seccomp_default.go b/contrib/seccomp/seccomp_default.go
index ab159bf82..ff51c02b8 100644
--- a/contrib/seccomp/seccomp_default.go
+++ b/contrib/seccomp/seccomp_default.go
@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ func DefaultProfile(sp *specs.Spec) *specs.LinuxSeccomp {
 				"sync_file_range",
 				"syncfs",
 				"sysinfo",
-				"syslog",
 				"tee",
 				"tgkill",
 				"time",
@@ -529,6 +528,7 @@ func DefaultProfile(sp *specs.Spec) *specs.LinuxSeccomp {
 					"setdomainname",
 					"sethostname",
 					"setns",
+					"syslog",
 					"umount",
 					"umount2",
 					"unshare",
@@ -600,6 +600,12 @@ func DefaultProfile(sp *specs.Spec) *specs.LinuxSeccomp {
 				Action: specs.ActAllow,
 				Args:   []specs.LinuxSeccompArg{},
 			})
+		case "CAP_SYSLOG":
+			s.Syscalls = append(s.Syscalls, specs.LinuxSyscall{
+				Names:  []string{"syslog"},
+				Action: specs.ActAllow,
+				Args:   []specs.LinuxSeccompArg{},
+			})
 		}
 	}