diff --git a/kong/cli/restart.lua b/kong/cli/restart.lua
index 578668018f73..9e96cb13b007 100644
--- a/kong/cli/restart.lua
+++ b/kong/cli/restart.lua
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ if not signal.send_signal(args.config) then
 end
 
 cutils.logger:success("Restarted")
+cutils.logger:syslog("Restarted")
diff --git a/kong/cli/start.lua b/kong/cli/start.lua
index eabbb601fa68..5ad3b2129b8b 100755
--- a/kong/cli/start.lua
+++ b/kong/cli/start.lua
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ signal.prepare_kong(args.config)
 
 if signal.send_signal(args.config) then
   cutils.logger:success("Started")
+  cutils.logger:syslog("Started")
 else
   cutils.logger:error_exit("Could not start Kong")
 end
diff --git a/kong/cli/utils/signal.lua b/kong/cli/utils/signal.lua
index 4a40f777a3b8..53e134f85018 100644
--- a/kong/cli/utils/signal.lua
+++ b/kong/cli/utils/signal.lua
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ local kong_config_path
 local kong_config
 local dao_factory
 
-local KONG_SYSLOG = "kong-hf.mashape.com"
-
 -- Retrieve the desired Kong config file, parse it and provides a DAO factory
 -- Will cache them for future retrieval
 -- @param args_config Path to the desired configuration (usually from the --config CLI argument)
@@ -109,8 +107,8 @@ local function prepare_nginx_working_dir(args_config)
   if kong_config.send_anonymous_reports then
     -- If there is no internet connection, disable this feature
     local socket = require "socket"
-    if socket.dns.toip(KONG_SYSLOG) then
-      nginx_config = "error_log syslog:server="..KONG_SYSLOG..":61828 error;\n"..nginx_config
+    if socket.dns.toip(constants.SYSLOG.ADDRESS) then
+      nginx_config = "error_log syslog:server="..constants.SYSLOG.ADDRESS..":"..tostring(constants.SYSLOG.PORT).." error;\n"..nginx_config
     else
       cutils.logger:warn("The internet connection might not be available, cannot resolve "..KONG_SYSLOG)
     end
diff --git a/kong/cli/utils/utils.lua b/kong/cli/utils/utils.lua
index a9367659320c..9262af7f7496 100644
--- a/kong/cli/utils/utils.lua
+++ b/kong/cli/utils/utils.lua
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ function Logger:error_exit(str)
   os.exit(1)
 end
 
+function Logger:syslog(str)
+  IO.os_execute("nc -w0 -u "..constants.SYSLOG.ADDRESS.." "..tostring(constants.SYSLOG.PORT).." <<< \"<14>"..str.."\"")
+end
+
 local logger = Logger()
 
 --
diff --git a/kong/constants.lua b/kong/constants.lua
index 1155f6835795..6a9c82c5edb6 100644
--- a/kong/constants.lua
+++ b/kong/constants.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 return {
   NAME = "kong",
   VERSION = "0.2.0-1",
+  SYSLOG = {
+    ADDRESS = "kong-hf.mashape.com",
+    PORT = 61828
+  },
   CLI = {
     GLOBAL_KONG_CONF = "/etc/kong/kong.yml",
     NGINX_CONFIG = "nginx.conf",
diff --git a/package-build.sh b/package-build.sh
index 9148e13bc5a3..b0654ee85019 100755
--- a/package-build.sh
+++ b/package-build.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ elif hash yum 2>/dev/null; then
 
   PACKAGE_TYPE="rpm"
   LUA_MAKE="linux"
+  FPM_PARAMS="-d nc"
 elif hash apt-get 2>/dev/null; then
   if [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]]; then
     # If already root, install sudo just in case (Docker)
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ elif hash apt-get 2>/dev/null; then
 
   PACKAGE_TYPE="deb"
   LUA_MAKE="linux"
+  FPM_PARAMS="-d netcat"
 else
   echo "Unsupported platform"
   exit 1