Index: src/bin/keactrl/keactrl.in
--- src/bin/keactrl/keactrl.in.orig
+++ src/bin/keactrl/keactrl.in
@@ -330,8 +330,7 @@ run_conditional() {
 # altered and only the handful of initial messages will be logged
 # to the default file.
 if [ -z "${KEA_LOGGER_DESTINATION+x}" ]; then
-    prefix="@prefix@"
-    export KEA_LOGGER_DESTINATION="@localstatedir@/log/kea.log"
+    export KEA_LOGGER_DESTINATION=syslog:daemon
 fi
 
 command=${1-}