diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/syslog b/xCAT/postscripts/syslog
index 13e917fbb..e90ac7bdb 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/syslog
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/syslog
@@ -114,6 +114,38 @@ config_Rsyslog_C3()
   fi 
 }
 
+# THis sets up rsyslog 8.x, quite different from the previous rsyslog versions.  
+
+config_rsyslog_V8()
+{
+  isReceiving=0
+  remoteconf="/etc/rsyslog.d/remote.conf"
+
+
+  if [ -f /etc/xCATMN ] ||  [ $isSN -eq 1 ] 
+  then 
+    isReceiving=1
+  fi
+
+  if [ ! -f $remoteconf.XCATORIG ]; then
+    cp -f $remoteconf $remoteconf.XCATORIG
+  fi
+  # check if already an entry, we need to replace it
+  grep "xCAT settings" $remoteconf 2>&1 1> /dev/null
+  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+       sed "/# xCAT settings/,$ d" $remoteconf >/tmp/sed.tmp
+       cat /tmp/sed.tmp >$remoteconf
+  fi
+
+
+   echo "# xCAT settings" >> $remoteconf
+   echo "*.* @$master" >> $remoteconf
+
+  restartservice syslog
+
+}
+
+
 #echo "NTYPE=$NTYPE,OSVER=$OSVER,OSTYPE=$OSTYPE"
 
 if [ "$NTYPE" = service ]; then 
@@ -124,6 +156,20 @@ fi
 #  systemdEnabled=1
 #fi
 
+# check if this is rsyslog version 8,  setup is different no matter what OS.
+# We only update the /etc/rsyslog.d/remote.conf file to point to the xcatmaster.
+# Do not even touch rsyslog.conf
+# There is no /etc/sysconfig/rsyslog file, so we use  rsyslogd -v to get the version
+SYSLOGPROD=`rsyslogd -v | grep rsyslogd |awk {'print $1'}`
+SYSLOGVER=`rsyslogd -v | grep rsyslogd |awk {'print $2'}`
+if ( pmatch $SYSLOGPROD "*rsyslogd*" ) && ( pmatch $SYSLOGVER "8*" ); then
+  config_rsyslog_V8 
+#keep a record
+  logger -t xCAT -p local4.info "Install: rsyslog version 8 setup"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo  " not configuring $SYSLOGVER"
 if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Linux" ]; then
   if ( pmatch $OSVER "fedora*" ) || ( pmatch $OSVER "rhels5*" ) || ( pmatch $OSVER "rhel6*" ) || ( pmatch $OSVER "rhels6*" ) || [ -f /etc/fedora-release ] || [ -f /etc/redhat-release ] || ( pmatch $OSVER "ubuntu*" ) || ( is_lsb_ubuntu ) || ( pmatch $OSVER "debian*" ); then
     if [ -e /etc/rsyslog.conf ]; then
@@ -158,13 +204,13 @@ fi
 
 
 
-#handle sysconfig file to make remote loggling possible 
+#handle sysconfig file to make remote logging possible 
 if [ $isLinux -eq 1 ] && [ -e $sysconfig ]; then 
   if [ ! -f "$sysconfig.XCATORIG" ]; then
     cp -f $sysconfig $sysconfig.XCATORIG
   fi
 
-  #check if it is ryslog version 3, it has totally different settings in /etc/syslog.cong
+  #check if it is ryslog version 3, it has totally different settings in /etc/syslog.conf
   if [ $isRsyslog -eq 1 ]; then
     grep "SYSLOGD_OPTIONS" $sysconfig | grep -e "[\-c 3|\-c3|\-c4|\-c 4]" 2>&1 1> /dev/null
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then