diff --git a/Mk/defaults.mk b/Mk/defaults.mk
index e4fb5b0d4..62ae0c3bf 100644
--- a/Mk/defaults.mk
+++ b/Mk/defaults.mk
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ REPLACEMENTS=	CORE_ABI \
 		CORE_PRODUCT \
 		CORE_PYTHON_DOT \
 		CORE_REPOSITORY \
+		CORE_SYSLOGNG \
 		CORE_VERSION \
 		CORE_WWW
 
diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng.conf b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng.conf.in
similarity index 94%
rename from src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng.conf
rename to src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng.conf.in
index 92b9b047e..af2bfe01a 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng.conf
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng.conf.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+@version:%%CORE_SYSLOGNG%%
 @include "scl.conf"
 
 #