diff --git a/tests/guests/guest-aux/debian-syslog b/tests/guests/guest-aux/debian-syslog
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4663faa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/guests/guest-aux/debian-syslog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Jun 14 11:48:55 debian.invalid NetworkManager[2392]: <info> Policy set 'Wired connection 1' (eth0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
+Jun 14 11:48:55 debian.invalid NetworkManager[2392]: <info> Policy set 'Wired connection 1' (eth0) as default for IPv6 routing and DNS.
+Jun 14 11:48:55 debian.invalid NetworkManager[2392]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv6 Commit) complete.
+Jun 14 11:49:00 debian.invalid dbus[2367]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit' (using servicehelper)
+Jun 14 11:49:00 debian.invalid dbus[2367]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit'
diff --git a/tests/guests/guest-aux/make-debian-img.sh b/tests/guests/guest-aux/make-debian-img.sh
index b5b096146..c3db56ee0 100755
--- a/tests/guests/guest-aux/make-debian-img.sh
+++ b/tests/guests/guest-aux/make-debian-img.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ mkdir /bin
 mkdir /etc
 mkdir-p /var/lib/dpkg
 mkdir /var/lib/urandom
+mkdir /var/log
 
 upload fstab.tmp.$$ /etc/fstab
 write /etc/debian_version "5.0.1"
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ upload $SRCDIR/guest-aux/debian-packages /var/lib/dpkg/status
 
 upload $SRCDIR/../data/bin-x86_64-dynamic /bin/ls
 
+upload $SRCDIR/guest-aux/debian-syslog /var/log/syslog
+
 mkdir /boot/grub
 touch /boot/grub/grub.conf
 EOF