diff --git a/base/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf b/base/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
index 07a2331bb..6676d5c24 100644
--- a/base/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/base/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@
 
 # we patch 'runtime/Makefile.am'
 hook_add preconf 9 'autoreconf -vf'
+
+# RELP support
+if pkginstalled -f librelp; then
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--enable-relp"
+fi