diff --git a/backends/nxlog/configuration.go b/backends/nxlog/configuration.go
index 1912d22..2d6da62 100644
--- a/backends/nxlog/configuration.go
+++ b/backends/nxlog/configuration.go
@@ -151,7 +151,64 @@ func (nxc *NxConfig) Add(class string, name string, value interface{}) {
 	case "input-windows-event-log":
 		addition := &nxcanned{name: name, kind: class, properties: value.(map[string]interface{})}
 		nxc.Canned = append(nxc.Canned, *addition)
+	case "input-udp-syslog":
+		addition := &nxcanned{name: name, kind: class, properties: value.(map[string]interface{})}
+		nxc.Canned = append(nxc.Canned, *addition)
+		if !nxc.Exists("extension", "syslog") {
+			extension := &nxextension{name: "syslog", properties: map[string]string{"Module": "xm_syslog"}}
+			nxc.Extensions = append(nxc.Extensions, *extension)
+		}
+	case "input-tcp-syslog":
+		addition := &nxcanned{name: name, kind: class, properties: value.(map[string]interface{})}
+		nxc.Canned = append(nxc.Canned, *addition)
+		if !nxc.Exists("extension", "syslog") {
+			extension := &nxextension{name: "syslog", properties: map[string]string{"Module": "xm_syslog"}}
+			nxc.Extensions = append(nxc.Extensions, *extension)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (nxc *NxConfig) Exists(class string, name string) bool {
+	result := false
+	switch class {
+	case "extension":
+		for _, entity := range nxc.Extensions {
+			if entity.name == name {
+				result = true
+			}
+		}
+	case "input":
+		for _, entity := range nxc.Inputs {
+			if entity.name == name {
+				result = true
+			}
+		}
+	case "output":
+		for _, entity := range nxc.Outputs {
+			if entity.name == name {
+				result = true
+			}
+		}
+	case "route":
+		for _, entity := range nxc.Routes {
+			if entity.name == name {
+				result = true
+			}
+		}
+	case "match":
+		for _, entity := range nxc.Matches {
+			if entity.name == name {
+				result = true
+			}
+		}
+	case "snippet":
+		for _, entity := range nxc.Snippets {
+			if entity.name == name {
+				result = true
+			}
+		}
 	}
+	return result
 }
 
 func (nxc *NxConfig) Update(a *NxConfig) {
diff --git a/backends/nxlog/render.go b/backends/nxlog/render.go
index d654060..2e116f3 100644
--- a/backends/nxlog/render.go
+++ b/backends/nxlog/render.go
@@ -169,6 +169,38 @@ func (nxc *NxConfig) windowsEventLogInputsToString() string {
 	return result.String()
 }
 
+func (nxc *NxConfig) udpSyslogInputsToString() string {
+	var result bytes.Buffer
+	for _, can := range nxc.Canned {
+		if can.kind == "input-udp-syslog" {
+			result.WriteString("<Input " + can.name + ">\n")
+			result.WriteString("	Module im_udp\n")
+			result.WriteString("	Host " + nxc.propertyString(can.properties["host"], 0) + "\n")
+			result.WriteString("	Port " + nxc.propertyString(can.properties["port"], 0) + "\n")
+			result.WriteString("	Exec parse_syslog_bsd();\n")
+			result.WriteString("</Input>\n")
+		}
+	}
+	result.WriteString("\n")
+	return result.String()
+}
+
+func (nxc *NxConfig) tcpSyslogInputsToString() string {
+	var result bytes.Buffer
+	for _, can := range nxc.Canned {
+		if can.kind == "input-tcp-syslog" {
+			result.WriteString("<Input " + can.name + ">\n")
+			result.WriteString("	Module im_tcp\n")
+			result.WriteString("	Host " + nxc.propertyString(can.properties["host"], 0) + "\n")
+			result.WriteString("	Port " + nxc.propertyString(can.properties["port"], 0) + "\n")
+			result.WriteString("	Exec parse_syslog_bsd();\n")
+			result.WriteString("</Input>\n")
+		}
+	}
+	result.WriteString("\n")
+	return result.String()
+}
+
 func (nxc *NxConfig) gelfUdpOutputsToString() string {
 	var result bytes.Buffer
 	for _, can := range nxc.Canned {
@@ -198,6 +230,8 @@ func (nxc *NxConfig) Render() bytes.Buffer {
 	// pre-canned types
 	result.WriteString(nxc.fileInputsToString())
 	result.WriteString(nxc.windowsEventLogInputsToString())
+	result.WriteString(nxc.udpSyslogInputsToString())
+	result.WriteString(nxc.tcpSyslogInputsToString())
 	result.WriteString(nxc.gelfUdpOutputsToString())
 	//
 	result.WriteString(nxc.routesToString())