diff --git a/hostapd/Android.mk b/hostapd/Android.mk
index 9a14be4..ec2d55a 100644
--- a/hostapd/Android.mk
+++ b/hostapd/Android.mk
@@ -952,6 +952,10 @@
 L_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_NO_STDOUT_DEBUG
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG
+L_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG
+endif
+
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LINUX_TRACING
 L_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_DEBUG_LINUX_TRACING
 endif
diff --git a/hostapd/Makefile b/hostapd/Makefile
index 52c72dc..d9bb72a 100644
--- a/hostapd/Makefile
+++ b/hostapd/Makefile
@@ -997,6 +997,10 @@
 CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_NO_STDOUT_DEBUG
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG
+CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG
+endif
+
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LINUX_TRACING
 CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_DEBUG_LINUX_TRACING
 endif
diff --git a/hostapd/ctrl_iface.c b/hostapd/ctrl_iface.c
index 6b4aa05..62feaa4 100644
--- a/hostapd/ctrl_iface.c
+++ b/hostapd/ctrl_iface.c
@@ -1070,7 +1070,9 @@
 				  nei_pos > nei_rep ? nei_rep : NULL,
 				  nei_pos - nei_rep, mbo_len ? mbo : NULL,
 				  mbo_len);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MBO
 fail:
+#endif /* CONFIG_MBO */
 	os_free(url);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/hostapd/defconfig b/hostapd/defconfig
index e25ec32..bf6e646 100644
--- a/hostapd/defconfig
+++ b/hostapd/defconfig
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@
 # Disabled by default.
 #CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE=y
 
+# Send debug messages to syslog instead of stdout
+#CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG=y
+
 # Add support for sending all debug messages (regardless of debug verbosity)
 # to the Linux kernel tracing facility. This helps debug the entire stack by
 # making it easy to record everything happening from the driver up into the
diff --git a/hostapd/main.c b/hostapd/main.c
index 6911232..593267c 100644
--- a/hostapd/main.c
+++ b/hostapd/main.c
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@
 			    module_str ? module_str : "",
 			    module_str ? ": " : "", txt);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG
+	if (wpa_debug_syslog)
+		conf_stdout = 0;
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG */
 	if ((conf_stdout & module) && level >= conf_stdout_level) {
 		wpa_debug_print_timestamp();
 		wpa_printf(MSG_INFO, "%s", format);
@@ -484,6 +488,9 @@
 		"        (records all messages regardless of debug verbosity)\n"
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_LINUX_TRACING */
 		"   -i   list of interface names to use\n"
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG
+		"   -s   log output to syslog instead of stdout\n"
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG */
 		"   -S   start all the interfaces synchronously\n"
 		"   -t   include timestamps in some debug messages\n"
 		"   -v   show hostapd version\n");
@@ -661,7 +668,7 @@
 	dl_list_init(&interfaces.global_ctrl_dst);
 
 	for (;;) {
-		c = getopt(argc, argv, "b:Bde:f:hi:KP:STtu:vg:G:");
+		c = getopt(argc, argv, "b:Bde:f:hi:KP:sSTtu:vg:G:");
 		if (c < 0)
 			break;
 		switch (c) {
@@ -718,6 +725,11 @@
 			bss_config = tmp_bss;
 			bss_config[num_bss_configs++] = optarg;
 			break;
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG
+		case 's':
+			wpa_debug_syslog = 1;
+			break;
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG */
 		case 'S':
 			start_ifaces_in_sync = 1;
 			break;
@@ -746,6 +758,10 @@
 		wpa_debug_open_file(log_file);
 	else
 		wpa_debug_setup_stdout();
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG
+	if (wpa_debug_syslog)
+		wpa_debug_open_syslog();
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG */
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LINUX_TRACING
 	if (enable_trace_dbg) {
 		int tret = wpa_debug_open_linux_tracing();
@@ -882,6 +898,7 @@
 	hostapd_global_deinit(pid_file, interfaces.eloop_initialized);
 	os_free(pid_file);
 
+	wpa_debug_close_syslog();
 	if (log_file)
 		wpa_debug_close_file();
 	wpa_debug_close_linux_tracing();