diff --git a/manifests/lb.pp b/manifests/lb.pp
index fdcab6b..87d92e5 100644
--- a/manifests/lb.pp
+++ b/manifests/lb.pp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class cgit::lb (
       'stats'   => 'socket /var/lib/haproxy/stats user root group root mode 0600 level admin'
     },
   }
+
   # The three listen defines here are what the world will hit.
   $haproxy_addresses = delete_undef_values([$::ipaddress, $::ipaddress6])
 
@@ -109,6 +110,13 @@ class cgit::lb (
     options           => 'maxqueue 512',
   }
 
+  if (!defined(Service['rsyslog'])) {
+    service { 'rsyslog':
+      ensure => running,
+      enable => true,
+    }
+  }
+
   file { '/etc/rsyslog.d/haproxy.conf':
     ensure => present,
     owner  => 'root',