diff --git a/syslog-ng/config-debian-linux b/syslog-ng/config-debian-linux
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..980ba81b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syslog-ng/config-debian-linux
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+lines=20
+compressed=1
+syslogng_conf=/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
+syslogng_cmd=syslog-ng
+pid_file=/var/run/syslog-ng.pid
+start_cmd=/etc/init.d/syslog-ng start
+stop_cmd=/etc/init.d/syslog-ng stop