diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
index 411537973d6..b02b6e3b029 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ chroot_sync_repos() {
     local f=
 
     # Copy xbps configuration files to the masterdir.
+    install -Dm644 ${XBPS_DISTDIR}/etc/xbps.conf \
+        ${XBPS_MASTERDIR}/etc/xbps.d/00-xbps-src.conf
     install -Dm644 ${XBPS_DISTDIR}/etc/repos-local.conf \
         ${XBPS_MASTERDIR}/etc/xbps.d/10-repository-local.conf
     install -Dm644 ${XBPS_DISTDIR}/etc/repos-remote.conf \
diff --git a/etc/xbps.conf b/etc/xbps.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3b1211fbc65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/xbps.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+syslog=false