diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 97c6ca63bd..ebcb2815c8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ udev_version.h:
 	@echo \#define UDEV_CONFIG_FILE	\"$(configdir)\udev.conf\" >> $@
 	@echo \#define UDEV_RULES_FILE	\"$(configdir)\udev.rules\" >> $@
 	@echo \#define UDEV_PERMISSION_FILE	\"$(configdir)\udev.permissions\" >> $@
+	@echo \#define UDEV_LOG_DEFAULT \"yes\" >> $@
 	@echo \#define UDEV_BIN		\"$(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/udev\" >> $@
 	@echo \#define UDEVD_BIN	\"$(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/udevd\" >> $@
 
diff --git a/etc/udev/udev.conf.in b/etc/udev/udev.conf.in
index f9a60ab3c8..3e73bedbf5 100644
--- a/etc/udev/udev.conf.in
+++ b/etc/udev/udev.conf.in
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ default_owner="root"
 #                 explicit match in the permissions file
 default_group="root"
 
+# udev_log - set to "yes" if you want logging, else "no"
+udev_log="yes"
+
diff --git a/logging.h b/logging.h
index 485209adf3..5ae228b139 100644
--- a/logging.h
+++ b/logging.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 
+#include "udev.h"
+#include "udev_version.h"
+
 #undef info
 #define info(format, arg...)								\
 	do {										\
@@ -63,6 +66,9 @@ static inline void log_message (int level, const char *format, ...)
 {
 	va_list	args;
 
+	if (0 != strncmp(udev_log_str, UDEV_LOG_DEFAULT, BOOL_SIZE))
+		return;
+
 	va_start(args, format);
 	vsyslog(level, format, args);
 	va_end(args);
diff --git a/udev.h b/udev.h
index f854a183d3..8b3f305d34 100644
--- a/udev.h
+++ b/udev.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #define OWNER_SIZE	30
 #define GROUP_SIZE	30
 #define MODE_SIZE	8
+#define BOOL_SIZE	5	/* 'yes', 'no' and possibly 'true' or 'false'
+				   in future */
 
 struct udevice {
 	char name[NAME_SIZE];
@@ -72,5 +74,6 @@ extern char udev_rules_filename[PATH_MAX+NAME_MAX];
 extern char default_mode_str[MODE_SIZE];
 extern char default_owner_str[OWNER_SIZE];
 extern char default_group_str[GROUP_SIZE];
+extern char udev_log_str[BOOL_SIZE];
 
 #endif
diff --git a/udev_config.c b/udev_config.c
index 6d39d294e1..ec38272bc5 100644
--- a/udev_config.c
+++ b/udev_config.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ char udev_config_filename[PATH_MAX+NAME_MAX];
 char default_mode_str[MODE_SIZE];
 char default_owner_str[OWNER_SIZE];
 char default_group_str[GROUP_SIZE];
+char udev_log_str[BOOL_SIZE];
 
 
 static void init_variables(void)
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ static void init_variables(void)
 	strfieldcpy(udev_config_filename, UDEV_CONFIG_FILE);
 	strfieldcpy(udev_rules_filename, UDEV_RULES_FILE);
 	strfieldcpy(udev_permissions_filename, UDEV_PERMISSION_FILE);
+	strfieldcpy(udev_log_str, UDEV_LOG_DEFAULT);
 }
 
 #define set_var(_name, _var)				\
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ static int parse_config_file(void)
 		set_var("default_mode", default_mode_str);
 		set_var("default_owner", default_owner_str);
 		set_var("default_group", default_group_str);
+		set_var("udev_log", udev_log_str);
 	}
 	dbg_parse("%s:%d:%Zd: error parsing '%s'", udev_config_filename,
 		  lineno, temp - line, temp);
@@ -191,6 +194,7 @@ static void get_dirs(void)
 	dbg_parse("udev_db_filename = %s", udev_db_filename);
 	dbg_parse("udev_rules_filename = %s", udev_rules_filename);
 	dbg_parse("udev_permissions_filename = %s", udev_permissions_filename);
+	dbg_parse("udev_log_str = %s", udev_log_str);
 	parse_config_file();
 
 	dbg_parse("udev_root = %s", udev_root);
@@ -198,6 +202,7 @@ static void get_dirs(void)
 	dbg_parse("udev_db_filename = %s", udev_db_filename);
 	dbg_parse("udev_rules_filename = %s", udev_rules_filename);
 	dbg_parse("udev_permissions_filename = %s", udev_permissions_filename);
+	dbg_parse("udev_log_str = %s", udev_log_str);
 }
 
 void udev_init_config(void)