diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0bd02284..5baad8a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ Installs and configures [Consul][1].
     <td>Domain for service lookup dns queries</td>
     <td><tt>.consul</tt></td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><tt>['consul']['enable_syslog']</tt></td>
+    <td>Boolean</td>
+    <td>enables logging to syslog</td>
+    <td><tt>nil</tt></td>
+  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><tt>['consul']['log_level']</tt></td>
     <td>String</td>
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 19d6307a..227171c0 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 license 'Apache v2.0'
 description 'Installs/Configures consul'
 long_description 'Installs/Configures consul'
-version '0.4.3'
+version '0.4.4'
 
 recipe 'consul', 'Installs and starts consul service.'
 recipe 'consul::install_binary', 'Installs consul service from binary.'
diff --git a/recipes/_service.rb b/recipes/_service.rb
index f6e757c9..b85ffb8b 100644
--- a/recipes/_service.rb
+++ b/recipes/_service.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 end
 
 copy_params = [
-  :bind_addr, :datacenter, :domain, :log_level, :node_name, :advertise_addr
+  :bind_addr, :datacenter, :domain, :log_level, :node_name, :advertise_addr, :enable_syslog
 ]
 copy_params.each do |key|
   if node['consul'][key]