diff --git a/community/knot-resolver/APKBUILD b/community/knot-resolver/APKBUILD
index 84882fb4aab..a59713533e5 100644
--- a/community/knot-resolver/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/knot-resolver/APKBUILD
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ _gpgfingerprints="
 sha512sums="
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+1078a53f38e10608c7749e1982cb68eba91f14023460e1a6922f958a5d821aaab932ffa7eeb402030213e115d390a85c0acd6494eb6191ab4f66f69c913b3939  kresd.initd
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 "
diff --git a/community/knot-resolver/kresd.confd b/community/knot-resolver/kresd.confd
index 5d5873ea8b9..15218bf73e7 100644
--- a/community/knot-resolver/kresd.confd
+++ b/community/knot-resolver/kresd.confd
@@ -6,13 +6,16 @@
 # Cache (working) directory.
 #cachedir="/var/cache/knot-resolver"
 
-# A process which will be used to log the standard output from the kresd
-# process. Default is logger(1) which redirects the output to syslog.
-# If you want to disable this, set output_logger="".
+# A process which will be used to log the standard (error) output from the
+# kresd process. Default is logger(1) which redirects the output to syslog.
+# If you want to disable this, set output_logger="" and error_logger="".
 #output_logger="logger -t kresd -p daemon.info"
+#error_logger="logger -t kresd -p daemon.err"
 
-# Path to the logging file. Default is to use the output_logger instead.
+# Path to the logging file. Default is to use the output_logger and
+# error_logger instead.
 #output_log=
+#error_log=
 
 # Uncomment to define soft dependency on kres-cache-gc.
 rc_want="kres-cache-gc"
diff --git a/community/knot-resolver/kresd.initd b/community/knot-resolver/kresd.initd
index 1ef4b19560f..4c6510a5566 100644
--- a/community/knot-resolver/kresd.initd
+++ b/community/knot-resolver/kresd.initd
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 : ${cfgfile:=${config:-"/etc/knot-resolver/kresd.conf"}}
 : ${cachedir:="/var/cache/knot-resolver"}
 : ${output_logger="logger -t kresd -p daemon.info"}
+: ${error_logger="logger -t kresd -p daemon.err"}
 : ${wait:=100}
 
 command="/usr/sbin/kresd"