diff --git a/base/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf b/base/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
index 6676d5c24..fbaa3849d 100644
--- a/base/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/base/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
@@ -19,3 +19,9 @@ hook_add preconf 9 'autoreconf -vf'
 if pkginstalled -f librelp; then
 	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--enable-relp"
 fi
+
+# GNUTLS support
+if pkginstalled -f gnutls; then
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--enable-gnutls"
+fi
+