diff --git a/syslog/manifests/init.pp b/syslog/manifests/init.pp
index 1fbbe0c..bff2552 100644
--- a/syslog/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/syslog/manifests/init.pp
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ class syslog::client::syslogd {
             name   => "sysklogd",
             before => File["/etc/syslog.conf"],
         }
+        $service_flags = undef
+    } else {
+        $service_flags = "-a /var/www/dev/log -a /var/named/dev/log -a /var/empty/dev/log"
     }
 
     file { "/etc/syslog.conf":
@@ -125,14 +128,7 @@ class syslog::client::syslogd {
         },
         ensure  => running,
         enable  => true,
-        start   => $::operatingsystem ? {
-            "openbsd" => "syslogd -a /var/www/dev/log -a /var/named/dev/log -a /var/empty/dev/log",
-            default   => undef,
-        },
-        restart => $::operatingsystem ? {
-            "openbsd" => "pkill -HUP -u _syslogd",
-            default   => undef,
-        },
+        flags   => $service_flags,
         require => File["/var/log/all.log"],
     }