diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 81e2b0b8f9..80cc14fa62 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/hetznercloud/hcloud-go/v2 v2.6.0
 	github.com/insomniacslk/dhcp v0.0.0-20240204152450-ca2dc33955c1
+	github.com/jeromer/syslogparser v1.1.0
 	github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v1.4.1
 	github.com/jxskiss/base62 v1.1.0
 	github.com/martinlindhe/base36 v1.1.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5127eca486..a1b231e6ad 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -439,6 +439,8 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/insomniacslk/dhcp v0.0.0-20240204152450-ca2dc33955c1 h1:L3pm9Kf2G6gJVYawz2SrI5QnV1wzHYbqmKnSHHXJAb8=
 github.com/insomniacslk/dhcp v0.0.0-20240204152450-ca2dc33955c1/go.mod h1:izxuNQZeFrbx2nK2fAyN5iNUB34Fe9j0nK4PwLzAkKw=
+github.com/jeromer/syslogparser v1.1.0 h1:HES0EviO9iPvCu56LjVFVhbM3o0BckDlIbQfkkaRJAw=
+github.com/jeromer/syslogparser v1.1.0/go.mod h1:zfowyus/j2SEgW31bIntTvEBE2zCSndtFsCC6NcW4S4=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.2.2 h1:UOGuzwb1PwsrDAObMuhUnj0p5ULPj8V/xJ7Kx9qUBdQ=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.2.2/go.mod h1:Pkfl5aHPm1nk2H9h0bjmnJD/BcgbGXUBGnn1kMkgxc8=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=
diff --git a/hack/release.toml b/hack/release.toml
index 5712801bf4..7bbbcfb4b7 100644
--- a/hack/release.toml
+++ b/hack/release.toml
@@ -122,6 +122,16 @@ machine:
     kubespan:
         harvestExtraEndpoints: true
 ```
+"""
+
+    [notes.syslog]
+        title = "Syslog"
+        description = """\
+Talos Linux now starts a basic syslog receiver listening on `/dev/log`.
+The receiver can mostly parse both RFC3164 and RFC5424 messages and writes them as JSON formatted message.
+The logs can be viewed via `talosctl logs syslogd`.
+
+This is mostly implemented for extension services that log to syslog.
 """
 
 [make_deps]
diff --git a/internal/app/machined/pkg/runtime/v1alpha1/v1alpha1_sequencer.go b/internal/app/machined/pkg/runtime/v1alpha1/v1alpha1_sequencer.go
index 712f18a9e1..a5085f4ee0 100644
--- a/internal/app/machined/pkg/runtime/v1alpha1/v1alpha1_sequencer.go
+++ b/internal/app/machined/pkg/runtime/v1alpha1/v1alpha1_sequencer.go
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ func (*Sequencer) Initialize(r runtime.Runtime) []runtime.Phase {
 			"earlyServices",
 			StartUdevd,
 			StartMachined,
+			StartSyslogd,
 			StartContainerd,
 		).Append(
 			"usb",
diff --git a/internal/app/machined/pkg/runtime/v1alpha1/v1alpha1_sequencer_tasks.go b/internal/app/machined/pkg/runtime/v1alpha1/v1alpha1_sequencer_tasks.go
index cc7b37034d..6796510e9f 100644
--- a/internal/app/machined/pkg/runtime/v1alpha1/v1alpha1_sequencer_tasks.go
+++ b/internal/app/machined/pkg/runtime/v1alpha1/v1alpha1_sequencer_tasks.go
@@ -620,6 +620,15 @@ func StartMachined(_ runtime.Sequence, _ any) (runtime.TaskExecutionFunc, string
 	}, "startMachined"
 }
 
+// StartSyslogd represents the task to start syslogd.
+func StartSyslogd(r runtime.Sequence, _ any) (runtime.TaskExecutionFunc, string) {
+	return func(_ context.Context, _ *log.Logger, r runtime.Runtime) error {
+		system.Services(r).LoadAndStart(&services.Syslogd{})
+
+		return nil
+	}, "startSyslogd"
+}
+
 // StartDashboard represents the task to start dashboard.
 func StartDashboard(_ runtime.Sequence, _ interface{}) (runtime.TaskExecutionFunc, string) {
 	return func(_ context.Context, _ *log.Logger, r runtime.Runtime) error {
diff --git a/internal/app/machined/pkg/system/services/syslogd.go b/internal/app/machined/pkg/system/services/syslogd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..700a2cb67e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/app/machined/pkg/system/services/syslogd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+package services
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/internal/app/machined/pkg/runtime"
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/internal/app/machined/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/internal/app/machined/pkg/system/events"
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/internal/app/machined/pkg/system/health"
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/internal/app/machined/pkg/system/runner"
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/internal/app/machined/pkg/system/runner/goroutine"
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/internal/app/syslogd"
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/pkg/conditions"
+)
+
+const syslogServiceID = "syslogd"
+
+var _ system.HealthcheckedService = (*Syslogd)(nil)
+
+// Syslogd implements the Service interface. It serves as the concrete type with
+// the required methods.
+type Syslogd struct{}
+
+// ID implements the Service interface.
+func (s *Syslogd) ID(r runtime.Runtime) string {
+	return syslogServiceID
+}
+
+// PreFunc implements the Service interface.
+func (s *Syslogd) PreFunc(ctx context.Context, r runtime.Runtime) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// PostFunc implements the Service interface.
+func (s *Syslogd) PostFunc(r runtime.Runtime, state events.ServiceState) (err error) {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Condition implements the Service interface.
+func (s *Syslogd) Condition(r runtime.Runtime) conditions.Condition {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// DependsOn implements the Service interface.
+func (s *Syslogd) DependsOn(r runtime.Runtime) []string {
+	return []string{machinedServiceID}
+}
+
+// Runner implements the Service interface.
+func (s *Syslogd) Runner(r runtime.Runtime) (runner.Runner, error) {
+	return goroutine.NewRunner(r, syslogServiceID, syslogd.Main, runner.WithLoggingManager(r.Logging())), nil
+}
+
+// HealthFunc implements the HealthcheckedService interface.
+func (s *Syslogd) HealthFunc(runtime.Runtime) health.Check {
+	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+// HealthSettings implements the HealthcheckedService interface.
+func (s *Syslogd) HealthSettings(runtime.Runtime) *health.Settings {
+	return &health.DefaultSettings
+}
diff --git a/internal/app/syslogd/internal/parser/parse.go b/internal/app/syslogd/internal/parser/parse.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c39ddcc61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/app/syslogd/internal/parser/parse.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+// Package parser provides a syslog parser that can parse both RFC3164 and RFC5424 with best effort.
+package parser
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/jeromer/syslogparser"
+	"github.com/jeromer/syslogparser/rfc3164"
+	"github.com/jeromer/syslogparser/rfc5424"
+)
+
+// Parse parses a syslog message and returns a json encoded representation of the message.
+// If an RFC3164 message is detected and there is no hostname field in the message,
+// the hostname field is set to "localhost".
+func Parse(b []byte) (string, error) {
+	// Detect the RFC version
+	rfc, err := syslogparser.DetectRFC(b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var parser syslogparser.LogParser
+
+	switch rfc {
+	case syslogparser.RFC_3164:
+		parser = rfc3164.NewParser(b)
+
+		if rfc3164ContainsHostname(b) {
+			parser.WithHostname("localhost")
+		}
+	case syslogparser.RFC_5424:
+		parser = rfc5424.NewParser(b)
+	default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unsupported RFC version: %v", rfc)
+	}
+
+	if err = parser.Parse(); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	msg, err := json.Marshal(parser.Dump())
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return string(msg), nil
+}
+
+func rfc3164ContainsHostname(buf []byte) bool {
+	indx := bytes.Index(buf, []byte(`]:`))
+	if indx == -1 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return bytes.Count(buf[:indx], []byte(` `)) == 3
+}
diff --git a/internal/app/syslogd/internal/parser/parse_test.go b/internal/app/syslogd/internal/parser/parse_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ce40bbf61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/app/syslogd/internal/parser/parse_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+// package parser provides a syslog parser that can parse both RFC3164 and RFC5424 with best effort.
+package parser_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/internal/app/syslogd/internal/parser"
+)
+
+func TestParser(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    []byte
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "RFC3164 without tag and hostname",
+			input:    []byte(`<4>Feb 16 17:54:19 time="2024-02-16T17:54:19.857755073Z" level=warning msg="Could not add /dev/mshv to the devices cgroup`),
+			expected: `{"content":"msg=\"Could not add /dev/mshv to the devices cgroup","facility":0,"hostname":"time=\"2024-02-16T17:54:19.857755073Z\"","priority":4,"severity":4,"tag":"level=warning","timestamp":"2024-02-16T17:54:19Z"}`, //nolint:lll
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "RFC3164 without hostname",
+			input:    []byte(`<4>Feb 16 17:54:19 kata[2569]: time="2024-02-16T17:54:19.857755073Z" level=warning msg="Could not add /dev/mshv to the devices cgroup`),
+			expected: `{"content":"time=\"2024-02-16T17:54:19.857755073Z\" level=warning msg=\"Could not add /dev/mshv to the devices cgroup","facility":0,"hostname":"localhost","priority":4,"severity":4,"tag":"kata","timestamp":"2024-02-16T17:54:19Z"}`, //nolint:lll
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "RFC3164 with hostname",
+			input:    []byte(`<4>Feb 16 17:54:19 hostname kata[2569]: time="2024-02-16T17:54:19.857755073Z" level=warning msg="Could not add /dev/mshv to the devices cgroup`),
+			expected: `{"content":"time=\"2024-02-16T17:54:19.857755073Z\" level=warning msg=\"Could not add /dev/mshv to the devices cgroup","facility":0,"hostname":"hostname","priority":4,"severity":4,"tag":"kata","timestamp":"2024-02-16T17:54:19Z"}`, //nolint:lll
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "RFC5424",
+			input:    []byte(`<165>1 2003-10-11T22:14:15.003Z mymachine.example.com evntslog - ID47 [exampleSDID@32473 iut="3" eventSource="Application" eventID="1011"] An application event log entry...`),
+			expected: `{"app_name":"evntslog","facility":20,"hostname":"mymachine.example.com","message":"An application event log entry...","msg_id":"ID47","priority":165,"proc_id":"-","severity":5,"structured_data":"[exampleSDID@32473 iut=\"3\" eventSource=\"Application\" eventID=\"1011\"]","timestamp":"2003-10-11T22:14:15.003Z","version":1}`, //nolint:lll
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			parsedJSON, err := parser.Parse(tc.input)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			require.Equal(t, tc.expected, parsedJSON)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/app/syslogd/syslogd.go b/internal/app/syslogd/syslogd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1f64591ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/app/syslogd/syslogd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+// Package syslogd provides a syslogd service that listens on a unix socket
+package syslogd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net"
+
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/internal/app/machined/pkg/runtime"
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/internal/app/syslogd/internal/parser"
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/pkg/machinery/constants"
+)
+
+// Main is an entrypoint to the API service.
+func Main(ctx context.Context, _ runtime.Runtime, logWriter io.Writer) error {
+	return Run(ctx, logWriter, constants.SyslogListenSocketPath)
+}
+
+// Run starts the syslogd service.
+func Run(ctx context.Context, logWriter io.Writer, listenSocketPath string) error {
+	unixAddr, err := net.ResolveUnixAddr("unixgram", listenSocketPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	connection, err := net.ListenUnixgram("unixgram", unixAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err = connection.SetReadBuffer(65536); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set read buffer: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	buf := make([]byte, 1024)
+
+	go func(con *net.UnixConn) {
+		for {
+			n, err := con.Read(buf)
+			if err != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			syslogJSON, err := parser.Parse(buf[:n])
+			if err != nil { // if the message is not a valid syslog message, skip it
+				continue
+			}
+
+			fmt.Fprintln(logWriter, syslogJSON)
+		}
+	}(connection)
+
+	<-ctx.Done()
+
+	return connection.Close()
+}
diff --git a/internal/app/syslogd/syslogd_test.go b/internal/app/syslogd/syslogd_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f21913c96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/app/syslogd/syslogd_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+package syslogd_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"log/syslog"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/internal/app/syslogd"
+)
+
+type chanWriter struct {
+	ch chan []byte
+}
+
+func (w *chanWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	w.ch <- p
+
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+func TestParsing(t *testing.T) {
+	ch := chanWriter{
+		ch: make(chan []byte),
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+
+	defer cancel()
+
+	socketPath := t.TempDir() + "/syslogd.sock"
+
+	errChan := make(chan error)
+
+	go func() {
+		errChan <- syslogd.Run(ctx, &ch, socketPath)
+	}()
+
+	assert.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(socketPath); err == nil {
+			return true
+		}
+
+		return false
+	}, 1*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond)
+
+	// Send a message to the syslogd service
+	syslog, err := syslog.Dial("unixgram", socketPath, syslog.LOG_INFO, "syslogd_test")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = syslog.Write([]byte("Hello, syslogd!"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	defer syslog.Close() //nolint:errcheck
+
+	select {
+	case msg := <-ch.ch:
+		var parsed map[string]interface{}
+
+		require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal(msg, &parsed))
+
+		// {"content":"Hello, syslogd!\n","facility":0,"hostname":"localhost","priority":6,"severity":6,"tag":"syslogd_test","timestamp":"2024-02-20T00:20:55Z"
+		assert.Equal(t, "syslogd_test", parsed["tag"])
+		assert.Equal(t, "localhost", parsed["hostname"])
+		assert.Equal(t, float64(6), parsed["priority"])
+		assert.Equal(t, float64(6), parsed["severity"])
+		assert.Equal(t, float64(0), parsed["facility"])
+		assert.Equal(t, "Hello, syslogd!\n", parsed["content"])
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, parsed["timestamp"])
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		require.Fail(t, "timed out waiting for message")
+	}
+
+	cancel()
+
+	require.NoError(t, <-errChan)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go b/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
index 03a1800507..8175e06b67 100644
--- a/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
@@ -974,6 +974,9 @@ const (
 
 	// PodResolvConfPath is the path to the pod resolv.conf file.
 	PodResolvConfPath = "/system/resolved/resolv.conf"
+
+	// SyslogListenSocketPath is the path to the syslog socket.
+	SyslogListenSocketPath = "/dev/log"
 )
 
 // See https://linux.die.net/man/3/klogctl