diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/LoggingSetupRecorder.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/LoggingSetupRecorder.java
index 6b37b15685d7d..6108893f04013 100644
--- a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/LoggingSetupRecorder.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/LoggingSetupRecorder.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -687,6 +688,24 @@ private static Handler configureSyslogHandler(final SyslogConfig config, final E
             handler.setTruncate(config.truncate);
             handler.setUseCountingFraming(config.useCountingFraming);
             handler.setLevel(config.level);
+            if (config.maxLength.isPresent()) {
+                BigInteger maxLen = config.maxLength.get().asBigInteger();
+                if (maxLen.compareTo(BigInteger.valueOf(Integer.MAX_VALUE)) > 0) {
+                    errorManager.error(
+                            "Using 2GB as the value of maxLength for SyslogHandler as it is the maximum allowed value", null,
+                            ErrorManager.GENERIC_FAILURE);
+                    maxLen = BigInteger.valueOf(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+                } else {
+                    BigInteger minimumAllowedMaxLength = BigInteger.valueOf(128);
+                    if (maxLen.compareTo(minimumAllowedMaxLength) < 0) {
+                        errorManager.error(
+                                "Using 128 as the value of maxLength for SyslogHandler as using a smaller value is not allowed",
+                                null, ErrorManager.GENERIC_FAILURE);
+                        maxLen = minimumAllowedMaxLength;
+                    }
+                }
+                handler.setMaxLength(maxLen.intValue());
+            }
 
             Formatter formatter = null;
             boolean formatterWarning = false;
diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/SyslogConfig.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/SyslogConfig.java
index 0411d345fdcc3..767a0a5b92c85 100644
--- a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/SyslogConfig.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/SyslogConfig.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.ConfigGroup;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.ConfigItem;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.configuration.MemorySize;
 
 @ConfigGroup
 public class SyslogConfig {
@@ -95,6 +96,15 @@ public class SyslogConfig {
     @ConfigItem
     Optional<String> filter;
 
+    /**
+     * The maximum length, in bytes, of the message allowed to be sent. The length includes the header and the message.
+     * <p>
+     * If not set, the default value is {@code 2048} when {@code sys-log-type} is {@code rfc5424} (which is the default)
+     * and {@code 1024} when {@code sys-log-type} is {@code rfc3164}
+     */
+    @ConfigItem
+    Optional<MemorySize> maxLength;
+
     /**
      * Syslog async logging config
      */