diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/plex.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/plex.nix
index e4810ce9f876..b06c1c4bbc68 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/plex.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/plex.nix
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ in
         PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_HOME="${cfg.package}/usr/lib/plexmediaserver";
         PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_PLUGIN_PROCS="6";
         PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_TMPDIR="/tmp";
+        PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USE_SYSLOG="true";
         LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/run/opengl-driver/lib:${cfg.package}/usr/lib/plexmediaserver";
         LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
         LANG="en_US.UTF-8";