diff --git a/handlers/main.yaml b/handlers/main.yaml
index 743ad56..9f0ae34 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yaml
+++ b/handlers/main.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@
     enabled: true
     state: "restarted"
 
+# ensure syslog enabled + started - alpine
+- name: "restart syslog alpine"
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: "syslog"
+    enabled: true
+    state: "started"
+
 # ssh
 - name: "restart ssh"
   ansible.builtin.systemd:
diff --git a/tasks/syslog/config.yaml b/tasks/syslog/config.yaml
index 5c9c79e..b0a5f7f 100644
--- a/tasks/syslog/config.yaml
+++ b/tasks/syslog/config.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@
   tags: "syslog"
   block:
 
+    # configure syslog - alpine
+    - name: "syslog - config - busybox - alpine"
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        src: "templates/syslog/busybox/syslog.alpine.j2"
+        dest: "/etc/conf.d/syslog"
+        owner: "root"
+        group: "root"
+        mode: "0644"
+      when: 'ansible_distribution == "Alpine"'
+      notify: "restart syslog alpine"
+
     # configure rsyslogd - debian
     - name: "syslog - config - rsyslog - debian"
       ansible.builtin.template:
diff --git a/templates/syslog/busybox/syslog.alpine.j2 b/templates/syslog/busybox/syslog.alpine.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..738b8cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/syslog/busybox/syslog.alpine.j2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SYSLOGD_OPTS="-R {{ rsyslog_destination }}:{{ rsyslog_port }}"