diff --git a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
index 1aa81b8eac..6cf53ccb82 100644
--- a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
+++ b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ RSYSLOG_SITE = http://rsyslog.com/files/download/rsyslog
 RSYSLOG_LICENSE = GPL-3.0, LGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0
 RSYSLOG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LESSER COPYING.ASL20
 RSYSLOG_CPE_ID_VENDOR = rsyslog
+# rsyslog uses weak permissions for generating log files.
+# Ignoring this CVE as Buildroot normally doesn't have local users and a build
+# could customize the rsyslog.conf to be more restrictive ($FileCreateMode 0640)
+RSYSLOG_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2015-3243
 RSYSLOG_DEPENDENCIES = zlib libestr liblogging libfastjson host-pkgconf
 RSYSLOG_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_prog_cc_c99='-std=c99'
 RSYSLOG_PLUGINS = imdiag imfile impstats imptcp \