diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_seccomp.c b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_seccomp.c
index eb9af8265f..672fb72a31 100644
--- a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_seccomp.c
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_seccomp.c
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ static const int syscall_whitelist[] = {
 
 /* Syscalls used when --syslog is enabled */
 static const int syscall_whitelist_syslog[] = {
+    SCMP_SYS(send),
     SCMP_SYS(sendto),
 };