diff --git a/daemon/logdrivers_windows.go b/daemon/logdrivers_windows.go
index 129b06650b..8337c0f0a8 100644
--- a/daemon/logdrivers_windows.go
+++ b/daemon/logdrivers_windows.go
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/docker/docker/daemon/logger/etwlogs"
 	_ "github.com/docker/docker/daemon/logger/jsonfilelog"
 	_ "github.com/docker/docker/daemon/logger/splunk"
+	_ "github.com/docker/docker/daemon/logger/syslog"
 )
diff --git a/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog.go b/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog.go
index 0a60241b32..754dc83d69 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog.go
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// +build linux
-
 // Package syslog provides the logdriver for forwarding server logs to syslog endpoints.
 package syslog
 
diff --git a/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog_test.go b/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog_test.go
index f083030b70..fe9e897731 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog_test.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog_test.go
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-// +build linux
-
 package syslog
 
 import (
-	syslog "github.com/RackSec/srslog"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
+
+	syslog "github.com/RackSec/srslog"
 )
 
 func functionMatches(expectedFun interface{}, actualFun interface{}) bool {
diff --git a/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog_unsupported.go b/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog_unsupported.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 50cc51b657..0000000000
--- a/daemon/logger/syslog/syslog_unsupported.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// +build !linux
-
-package syslog