diff --git a/deployment/puppet/rsyslog/files/rsyslog_default b/deployment/puppet/rsyslog/files/rsyslog_default
index 9eb5cb124a..f2b5e34dd7 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/rsyslog/files/rsyslog_default
+++ b/deployment/puppet/rsyslog/files/rsyslog_default
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # If you want to use them, switch to compatibility mode 2 by "-c 2"
 # See rsyslogd(8) for more details
 # RSYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-c4"
-SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-c 5 -x"
+RSYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-c 5 -x"