diff --git a/syslog-ng/.footprint b/syslog-ng/.footprint
index 4754b0cbe..b9bfda1af 100644
--- a/syslog-ng/.footprint
+++ b/syslog-ng/.footprint
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	etc/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	etc/rc.d/
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	etc/rc.d/syslog-ng
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	etc/syslog-ng.conf
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/loggen
@@ -8,3 +12,5 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/man8/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man8/syslog-ng.8.gz
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/sbin/
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/sbin/syslog-ng
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	var/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	var/libexec/
diff --git a/syslog-ng/.md5sum b/syslog-ng/.md5sum
index 7f30a4240..b6c2c67f7 100644
--- a/syslog-ng/.md5sum
+++ b/syslog-ng/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-2d4232f7167c2b4f48794e4f8f80e863  syslog-ng-2.0.9.tar.gz
+cde651068f464dd1fb36b9bbcd81957b  syslog-ng.conf
+90a0f7b832c840f7dce8da05befbc56a  syslog-ng.rc
+28f0d9ff2243b330e8cd6311ef9b2f12  syslog-ng_3.0.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/syslog-ng/Pkgfile b/syslog-ng/Pkgfile
index 33e5f4a63..d50aad22b 100644
--- a/syslog-ng/Pkgfile
+++ b/syslog-ng/Pkgfile
@@ -5,19 +5,24 @@
 # Depends on:  eventlog
 
 name=syslog-ng
-version=2.0.9
+version=3.0.5
 release=1
-source=(http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/$name-$version.tar.gz)
+source=(http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/${name}_${version}.tar.gz
+syslog-ng.rc syslog-ng.conf)
 
 build() {
    cd $name-$version
 
    ./configure \
       --prefix=/usr \
-      --disable-nls \
+      --sysconfdir=/etc \
+      --libexecdir=/var/libexec \
+      --localstatedir=/var \
       --mandir=/usr/man \
       --enable-dynamic-linking
 
    make && make DESTDIR=$PKG install
    rm -rf $PKG/usr/doc
+   install -D -m 644 ../syslog-ng.conf $PKG/etc/syslog-ng.conf
+   install -D -m 755 ../syslog-ng.rc $PKG/etc/rc.d/syslog-ng
 }
diff --git a/syslog-ng/README b/syslog-ng/README
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16808f94d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syslog-ng/README
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+PRECAUTION
+
+syslog-ng currently is configured to use /etc/syslog-ng.conf as its default
+configuration file. Change as you like in /etc/rc.d/syslog-ng.
+
diff --git a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16f153307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+@version: 3.0
+#
+# /etc/syslog-ng: syslog-ng(8) configration file, based on a gentoo template
+# use logger to test new rules:
+# logger -p daemon.crit testmessage
+# use loggen to produce log messages remotely
+
+
+# on busy systems you may have to adjus flush_lines and suppress() to avoid
+# heavy disc i/o
+# to change default permissions/owner/group for newly created files add 
+# options like this: owner(root); group(sys); perm(0644);
+
+options { chain_hostnames(off); flush_lines(0); stats_freq(0); create_dirs(on); };
+
+#source where to read log
+source src { unix-stream("/dev/log"); internal(); };
+source kernsrc { file("/proc/kmsg"); };
+
+#define templates
+template t_debug { template("$DATE fac $FACILITY lvl $LEVEL prg $PROGRAM: $MSG\n"); };
+
+#define destinations
+destination authlog { file("/var/log/auth.log" suppress(5)); };
+destination sudo { file("/var/log/sudo.log" suppress(5)); };
+destination cron { file("/var/log/cron.log" suppress(5)); };
+destination kern { file("/var/log/kern.log" suppress(5)); };
+destination mail { file("/var/log/mail.log" suppress(5)); };
+
+destination mailinfo { file("/var/log/mail.info" suppress(5)); };
+destination mailwarn { file("/var/log/mail.warn" suppress(5)); };
+destination mailerr { file("/var/log/mail.err" suppress(5)); };
+
+#destination newscrit { file("/var/log/news/news.crit" suppress(5)); };
+#destination newserr { file("/var/log/news/news.err" suppress(5)); };
+#destination newsnotice { file("/var/log/news/news.notice" suppress(5)); };
+
+destination debug { file("/var/log/debug" template(t_debug) suppress(5)); };
+destination messages { file("/var/log/messages" suppress(5)); };
+destination errors { file("/var/log/error.log" suppress(5)); };
+destination console { usertty("root"); };
+destination console_all { file("/dev/tty12" suppress(5)); };
+destination xconsole { pipe("/dev/xconsole" suppress(5)); };
+
+#create filters
+filter f_authpriv { facility(auth, authpriv); };
+filter f_cron { facility(cron); };
+filter f_kern { facility(kern); };
+filter f_mail { facility(mail); };
+#filter f_debug { not facility(auth, authpriv, mail) and not program(sudo); }; 
+filter f_debug { not facility(mail) and not program(sudo); }; 
+filter f_messages { level(info..warn)
+        and not facility(auth, authpriv, mail) and not program(sudo); };
+filter f_sudo { program(sudo); };
+filter f_errors { level(err..emerg); };
+
+filter f_emergency { level(emerg); };
+
+filter f_info { level(info); };
+filter f_notice { level(notice); };
+filter f_warn { level(warn); };
+filter f_crit { level(crit); };
+filter f_err { level(err); };
+
+# examples for text-matching (beware of performance issues)
+#filter f_failed { match("failed"); };
+#filter f_denied { match("denied"); };
+
+#connect filter and destination
+log { source(src); filter(f_authpriv); destination(authlog); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_sudo); destination(sudo); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_cron); destination(cron); };
+log { source(kernsrc); filter(f_kern); destination(kern); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_mail); destination(mail); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_info); destination(mailinfo); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_warn); destination(mailwarn); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_err); destination(mailerr); };
+
+log { source(src); filter(f_debug); destination(debug); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_messages); destination(messages); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_errors); destination(errors); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_emergency); destination(console); };
+
+#default log
+#log { source(src); destination(console_all); };
+
diff --git a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.rc b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.rc
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a78e61efa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# /etc/rc.d/syslog-ng: start/stop syslog-ng logging daemon
+#
+
+case $1 in
+start)
+  /usr/sbin/syslog-ng -f /etc/syslog-ng.conf
+  ;;
+stop)
+  rm -f /var/run/syslog-ng.pid
+  /usr/bin/killall -q /usr/sbin/syslog-ng
+  ;;
+restart)
+  $0 stop
+  sleep 2
+  $0 start
+  ;;
+*)
+  echo "usage: $0 [start|stop|restart]"
+  ;;
+esac