diff --git a/include/common/defaults.h b/include/common/defaults.h
index c53db08..0075509 100644
--- a/include/common/defaults.h
+++ b/include/common/defaults.h
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
 #define CAPTURE_LEN     64
 #endif
 
+#ifndef MAX_SYSLOG_LEN
+#define MAX_SYSLOG_LEN          1024
+#endif
+
 // maximum line size when parsing config
 #ifndef LINESIZE
 #define LINESIZE	2048