diff --git a/cookbooks/vector/attributes.rb b/cookbooks/vector/attributes.rb
index e48f7ef..38f0084 100644
--- a/cookbooks/vector/attributes.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/vector/attributes.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ node.reverse_merge!({
     'url' => 'https://github.com/vectordotdev/vector/releases/download/',
     'ipaddr' => ipaddr,
     'debPrefix' => 'vector-',
-    'debPostfix' => '-amd64.deb'
+    'debPostfix' => '-amd64.deb',
+    'isSyslog' => false
   },
 })
diff --git a/cookbooks/vector/default.rb b/cookbooks/vector/default.rb
index f0eb864..8f04d2a 100644
--- a/cookbooks/vector/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/vector/default.rb
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ include_recipe './attributes.rb'
 include_recipe './install.rb'
 include_recipe './setup.rb'
 
+if node['vector']['isSyslog']
+  include_recipe './syslog_setup.rb'
+end