diff --git a/admin/syslog-ng/Makefile b/admin/syslog-ng/Makefile
index 1d2dc8510970f9..8c4eba618cfc0c 100644
--- a/admin/syslog-ng/Makefile
+++ b/admin/syslog-ng/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=syslog-ng
 PKG_VERSION:=4.11.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1-or-later GPL-2.0-or-later
diff --git a/admin/syslog-ng/files/scl/network_localhost/detect.sh b/admin/syslog-ng/files/scl/network_localhost/detect.sh
index acfb40704a976e..12c93e51f7bc6b 100755
--- a/admin/syslog-ng/files/scl/network_localhost/detect.sh
+++ b/admin/syslog-ng/files/scl/network_localhost/detect.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 if [ "$(sysctl -n net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6)" = "0" ]; then
-	echo 'network(ip("::1") port(514) transport(udp) ip-protocol(6) )'
+	echo 'network(ip("::1") port(514) transport(udp) ip-protocol(6) ip-freebind(yes) )'
 else
-	echo 'network(ip("127.0.0.1") port(514) transport(udp) ip-protocol(4) )'
+	echo 'network(ip("127.0.0.1") port(514) transport(udp) ip-protocol(4) ip-freebind(yes) )'
 fi