diff --git a/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp b/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp
index 82e7545647f5a9ef4b60886a1010e21576fcba14..23ce90ae9c1ebd43386ca40c46559b0aca39135a 100644
--- a/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp
+++ b/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ define base::syslog::config::rsyslog(
   $owner           = 'root',
   $group           = 'root',
   $mode            = '0644',
+  $syslog_server   = 'logsink.stanford.edu',
   $replace         = true,
   $use_syslog_conf = true,
   $use_default     = true,