diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 534cceee1aa0c6c702b6ece433623567f34e2e57..fc7e6069450dedef349958e3022705b83dd5cb88 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 UNRELEASED (2015-06-??)
 
+    [os] Start filtering systemd-related messages from syslog (akkornel)
+
     [rpm] re-enable the rhn plugin for bonafide RHEL hosts, since with
     the new licensing, updates will come from RHN classic (jlent)
 
diff --git a/files/os/etc/filter-syslog/debian b/files/os/etc/filter-syslog/debian
index df4248534f36afe04e3ace0ea01cee882946b1b1..355f45191943bf6fad8694501fa5abde3b7fed90 100644
--- a/files/os/etc/filter-syslog/debian
+++ b/files/os/etc/filter-syslog/debian
@@ -60,3 +60,19 @@ ipmievd: /^Waiting for events...$/
 
 # Ignore buggy CPU core power limit notifications from new Dell hardware.
 kernel:  /^\[[\d. ]+\] CPU\d+: (Core|Package) power limit /
+
+# Ignore normal systemd messages
+systemd: /^(?:Starting|Stopping) user-\d+\.slice\.$/
+systemd: /^(?:Starting|Started) Session \d+ of user \w+\.$/
+systemd: /^(?:Created|Removed) slice user-\d+\.slice\.$/
+systemd: /^(?:Starting|Stopping) User Manager for UID \d+\.\.\.$/
+systemd: /^(?:Started|Stopped) User Manager for UID \d+\.$/
+systemd: /^(?:Starting|Stopping|Stopped) (?:target)? (?:Paths|Timers|Sockets|Basic System|Default|Shutdown)\.$/
+systemd: /^Reached target (?:Paths|Timers|Sockets|Basic System|Default|Shutdown)\.$/
+systemd: /^Startup finished in \d+ms\.$/
+systemd-logind: /^New session [0-9a-f]+ of user \w+.$/
+systemd: /^Starting Cleanup of Temporary Directories\.\.\.$/
+systemd: /^Started Cleanup of Temporary Directories\.$/
+systemd: /^Received SIGRTMIN\+24 from PID \d+ \(kill\)\.$/
+systemd: /^Starting Exit the Session\.\.\.$/
+systemd-logind: /^Removed session [0-9a-f]+\.$/