diff --git a/roles/ldap_server/files/slapd_rsyslog.conf b/roles/ldap_server/files/slapd_rsyslog.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..36000b68a6cab2651dd0b2d42fa2011e7aa8a5a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ldap_server/files/slapd_rsyslog.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Log slapd messages into separate log file.
+local4.*		/var/log/slapd.log
diff --git a/roles/ldap_server/handlers/main.yml b/roles/ldap_server/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..673309cd5ee191e8f4e6f39dd6f54206955e65f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ldap_server/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+
+- name: Restart rsyslog
+  service: name=rsyslog state=restarted
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/ldap_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ldap_server/tasks/main.yml
index 744f956134ce9ca7ae2a3c5fc681aa0065e2c302..110306a9a37502fce2ee3dd8b979d3c8b9c608b1 100644
--- a/roles/ldap_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ldap_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 - name: Install slapd
   apt: name=slapd state=installed
 
+- name: Enable slapd service
+  service: name=slapd enabled=yes state=started
+
+- name: Deploy system logger configuration file for slapd
+  copy: src=slapd_rsyslog.conf dest=/etc/rsyslog.d/slapd.conf owner=root group=root mode=0644
+  notify:
+    - Restart rsyslog
+
 - name: Install Python LDAP bindings
   apt: name=python-ldap state=installed