diff --git a/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml b/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml
index db015f7..3a9ad5e 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ nginx_ssl_session_cache: shared:SSL:1m
 nginx_ssl_session_timeout: 10m
 nginx_ssl_ciphers: '{{ nginx_default_ssl_ciphers }}'
 nginx_log_syslog: true
+nginx_access_log_syslog: '{{ nginx_log_syslog }}'
+nginx_error_log_syslog: '{{ nginx_log_syslog }}'
 nginx_error_log_file: /var/log/nginx/error.log
 nginx_access_log_file: /var/log/nginx/access.log
 nginx_redirect_http_https: false
diff --git a/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2 b/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2
index ba327ed..638934a 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ worker_processes auto;
 {% if nginx_error_log_file %}
 error_log {{ nginx_error_log_file }};
 {% endif %}
-{% if nginx_log_syslog|bool %}
+{% if nginx_error_log_syslog|bool %}
 error_log syslog:server=unix:/dev/log,facility=daemon,nohostname;
 {% endif %}
 pid /run/nginx.pid;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ http {
 {% if nginx_access_log_file %}
     access_log  {{ nginx_access_log_file }}  main;
 {% endif %}
-{% if nginx_log_syslog|bool %}
+{% if nginx_access_log_syslog|bool %}
     access_log  syslog:server=unix:/dev/log,facility=daemon,nohostname main;
 {% endif %}