diff --git a/drivers/syslog/CMakeLists.txt b/drivers/syslog/CMakeLists.txt
index b8e8804d338..74da0e05f2c 100644
--- a/drivers/syslog/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/drivers/syslog/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if(CONFIG_SYSLOG_INTBUFFER)
   list(APPEND SRCS syslog_intbuffer.c)
 endif()
 
-if(NOT CONFIG_ARCH_SYSLOG)
+if(CONFIG_SYSLOG)
   list(APPEND SRCS syslog_initialize.c)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/drivers/syslog/Kconfig b/drivers/syslog/Kconfig
index 0c51edfab58..85748d103c1 100644
--- a/drivers/syslog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/syslog/Kconfig
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ config SYSLOG_TO_SCHED_NOTE
 	---help---
 		If this option is enabled, syslog will be redirected to sched_note,
 		It uses the sched_note_printf macro to replace syslog
+
+config SYSLOG_NONE
+	bool "Disable system logging"
+	---help---
+		System logging is disabled and all calls to syslog() are replaced with
+		an empty function. This option can be useful for small systems when we don't
+		have any logging support, so we can get rid of unused logic.
+		This way the final image also won't contain the strings that are present
+		in syslog().
+
 endchoice
 
 config SYSLOG_CHARDEV
diff --git a/libs/libc/syslog/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/libc/syslog/CMakeLists.txt
index 8837e596613..c450efa8338 100644
--- a/libs/libc/syslog/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/libc/syslog/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@
 if(CONFIG_SYSLOG)
   target_sources(c PRIVATE lib_setlogmask.c lib_syslog.c)
 endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_SYSLOG_NONE)
+  target_sources(c PRIVATE lib_syslog_none.c)
+endif()
diff --git a/libs/libc/syslog/Make.defs b/libs/libc/syslog/Make.defs
index ffddf479761..e03a4be0da6 100644
--- a/libs/libc/syslog/Make.defs
+++ b/libs/libc/syslog/Make.defs
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYSLOG),y)
 CSRCS += lib_syslog.c lib_setlogmask.c
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYSLOG_NONE),y)
+CSRCS += lib_syslog_none.c
+endif
+
 # Add the syslog directory to the build
 
 DEPPATH += --dep-path syslog
diff --git a/libs/libc/syslog/lib_syslog_none.c b/libs/libc/syslog/lib_syslog_none.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14765f16ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libc/syslog/lib_syslog_none.c
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+ * libs/libc/syslog/lib_syslog_none.c
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+ * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Included Files
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <nuttx/config.h>
+
+#include <syslog.h>
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Public Functions
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: syslog/vsyslog
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   These are empty syslog function used when CONFIG_SYSLOG_NONE option
+ *   is selected. This way we can completely remove the syslog logic and its
+ *   associated strings from the image.
+ *
+ * Returned Value:
+ *   None.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+void syslog(int priority, FAR const IPTR char *fmt, ...)
+{
+  UNUSED(priority);
+  UNUSED(fmt);
+}
+
+void vsyslog(int priority, FAR const IPTR char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+  UNUSED(priority);
+  UNUSED(fmt);
+  UNUSED(ap);
+}