diff --git a/src/base/base.cmake b/src/base/base.cmake
index 66bf74a8..7ab88d98 100644
--- a/src/base/base.cmake
+++ b/src/base/base.cmake
@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@ if (NOT WIN32)
     CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE (syslog.h HAVE_SYSLOG_H)
     if (HAVE_SYSLOG_H)
         add_definitions(/DHAVE_SYSLOG_H)
-        set(SOURCES_SYSLOG src/base/log/backends/SysLog.h src/base/log/backends/SysLog.cpp)
+        set(SOURCES_SYSLOG src/base/io/log/backends/SysLog.h src/base/io/log/backends/SysLog.cpp)
     endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/src/base/io/log/Log.cpp b/src/base/io/log/Log.cpp
index eec17760..4a2a8de6 100644
--- a/src/base/io/log/Log.cpp
+++ b/src/base/io/log/Log.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #endif
 
 
+#include <string.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <uv.h>
diff --git a/src/base/io/log/backends/FileLog.cpp b/src/base/io/log/backends/FileLog.cpp
index 82c8407e..1ff01637 100644
--- a/src/base/io/log/backends/FileLog.cpp
+++ b/src/base/io/log/backends/FileLog.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  */
 
 
+#include <string.h>
 #include <uv.h>
 
 
diff --git a/src/base/io/log/backends/SysLog.cpp b/src/base/io/log/backends/SysLog.cpp
index b75973f1..e66f2e35 100644
--- a/src/base/io/log/backends/SysLog.cpp
+++ b/src/base/io/log/backends/SysLog.cpp
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ void xmrig::SysLog::print(int level, const char *line, size_t offset, size_t, bo
         return;
     }
 
-    syslog(level == -1 ? LOG_INFO : level, line + offset);
+    syslog(level == -1 ? LOG_INFO : level, "%s", line + offset);
 }