diff --git a/net/haproxy/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/haproxy.inc b/net/haproxy/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/haproxy.inc
index 790965b80..f0a402dee 100644
--- a/net/haproxy/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/haproxy.inc
+++ b/net/haproxy/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/haproxy.inc
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ function haproxy_syslog()
     $syslogconf = array();
 
     $syslogconf['haproxy'] = array(
-        'local' => '/var/haproxy/var/run/log',
         'facility' => array('haproxy'),
     );
 
diff --git a/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/HAProxy/+TARGETS b/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/HAProxy/+TARGETS
index b42f343eb..44ff260d2 100644
--- a/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/HAProxy/+TARGETS
+++ b/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/HAProxy/+TARGETS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 haproxy.conf:/usr/local/etc/haproxy.conf.staging
 rc.conf.d:/etc/rc.conf.d/haproxy
 sslCerts.yaml:/usr/local/etc/haproxy/sslCerts.yaml
+log_socket.conf:/usr/local/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/sources/haproxy.conf
diff --git a/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/HAProxy/log_socket.conf b/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/HAProxy/log_socket.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bc3ba80b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/HAProxy/log_socket.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+    unix-dgram("/var/haproxy/var/run/log" dir_perm(0755) flags(syslog-protocol));