diff --git a/changelog.d/syslog-fix-otp.skip b/changelog.d/syslog-fix-otp.skip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 23af9d7df..140aafb98 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Mixfile do
       {:syslog,
        git: "https://github.com/Vagabond/erlang-syslog",
        ref: "614a1fde7a8654bee2815b599bbdaae1bb0323b5",
-       override: true},
+       override: true,
+       runtime: false},
       {:ex_syslogger, "~> 1.5"},
       {:floki, "~> 0.38"},
       {:timex, "~> 3.7"},