diff --git a/xCAT/etc/rsyslog.d/xcat-debug.conf b/xCAT/etc/rsyslog.d/xcat-debug.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..300fc8178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT/etc/rsyslog.d/xcat-debug.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# By default, dhcpd use the ``daemon'' facility. Thus dhcp logs will go here.
+daemon.debug			/var/log/messages
diff --git a/xCAT/xCAT.spec b/xCAT/xCAT.spec
index fa2b7277e..555057c6a 100644
--- a/xCAT/xCAT.spec
+++ b/xCAT/xCAT.spec
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ exit 0
 /etc/logrotate.d/xcat
 /etc/rsyslog.d/xcat-cluster.conf
 /etc/rsyslog.d/xcat-compute.conf
+/etc/rsyslog.d/xcat-debug.conf
 /install/winpostscripts
 %endif
 %defattr(-,root,root)