diff --git a/programs/util/syslog2stderr.c b/programs/util/syslog2stderr.c
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/util/syslog2stderr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
+
+
+void openlog( const char *ident, int option, int facility )
+{
+    (void) ident;
+    (void) option;
+    (void) facility;
+}
+
+/* POSIX API */
+void syslog( int priority, const char *format, ... )
+{
+    va_list args;
+    va_start( args, format );
+    vfprintf( stderr, format, args );
+    va_end( args );
+}
+
+/* Linux ABI
+ * http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/LSB_4.1.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/libc---syslog-chk-1.html
+ */
+void __syslog_chk( int priority, int flag, const char *format, ... )
+{
+    va_list args;
+    (int) flag;
+    va_start( args, format );
+    vfprintf( stderr, format, args );
+    fputc( '\n', stderr );
+    va_end( args );
+}
+
+void closelog( void )
+{
+    /* no-op */
+}