diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 9d12725..77eaa33 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -283,11 +283,17 @@ preflight_colibri_artifacts() {
 
     resolve_colibri_paths
     _colibri_rc="${_resolved_colibri_repo}/packaging/freebsd/colibri_daemon.in"
+    _colibri_newsyslog="${_resolved_colibri_repo}/packaging/freebsd/newsyslog-colibri.conf"
     if [ ! -f "${_colibri_rc}" ]; then
         echo "ERROR: Colibri rc.d source missing: ${_colibri_rc}"
         echo "       Set COLIBRI_REPO=/path/to/colibri or FEATURE_COLIBRI=NO."
         exit 1
     fi
+    if [ ! -f "${_colibri_newsyslog}" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Colibri newsyslog source missing: ${_colibri_newsyslog}"
+        echo "       Set COLIBRI_REPO=/path/to/colibri or FEATURE_COLIBRI=NO."
+        exit 1
+    fi
     for _colibri_bin in colibri-daemon colibri colibri-smoke-agent; do
         if [ ! -x "${_resolved_colibri_artifact_dir}/${_colibri_bin}" ]; then
             echo "ERROR: Colibri release binary missing: ${_resolved_colibri_artifact_dir}/${_colibri_bin}"
diff --git a/scripts/stage-colibri-iso.sh b/scripts/stage-colibri-iso.sh
index 3839259..d76aae5 100755
--- a/scripts/stage-colibri-iso.sh
+++ b/scripts/stage-colibri-iso.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ ETC_DIR="${DESTDIR}/usr/local/etc/colibri"
 DB_DIR="${DESTDIR}/var/db/colibri"
 RUN_DIR="${DESTDIR}/var/run/colibri"
 LOG_DIR="${DESTDIR}/var/log/colibri"
+NEWSYSLOG_DIR="${DESTDIR}/usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d"
 RC_SOURCE="${COLIBRI_REPO}/packaging/freebsd/colibri_daemon.in"
+NEWSYSLOG_SOURCE="${COLIBRI_REPO}/packaging/freebsd/newsyslog-colibri.conf"
 
 require_file() {
     if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
@@ -53,7 +55,8 @@ copy_bin() {
 }
 
 require_file "${RC_SOURCE}"
-mkdir -p "${BIN_DIR}" "${RC_DIR}" "${ETC_DIR}" "${DB_DIR}" "${RUN_DIR}" "${LOG_DIR}"
+require_file "${NEWSYSLOG_SOURCE}"
+mkdir -p "${BIN_DIR}" "${RC_DIR}" "${ETC_DIR}" "${NEWSYSLOG_DIR}" "${DB_DIR}" "${RUN_DIR}" "${LOG_DIR}"
 
 copy_bin colibri-daemon
 copy_bin colibri
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ if [ "${COLIBRI_STAGE_INCLUDE_TUI}" != "0" ] && [ -x "${COLIBRI_ARTIFACT_DIR}/co
 fi
 
 install -m 0555 "${RC_SOURCE}" "${RC_DIR}/colibri_daemon"
+install -m 0644 "${NEWSYSLOG_SOURCE}" "${NEWSYSLOG_DIR}/colibri.conf"
 
 cat > "${ETC_DIR}/rc.conf.sample" <<EOF
 # Colibri control plane service defaults for the Clawdie ISO.