diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 5e02c9accf1..611e25584d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ is collected by it.
 - Support build of projects outside of beats directory {pull}36126[36126]
 - Add default cgroup regex for add_process_metadata processor {pull}36484[36484] {issue}32961[32961]
 - Fix environment capture by `add_process_metadata` processor. {issue}36469[36469] {pull}36471[36471]
+- syslog processor - Fix the ability to use `when` conditions on the processor. {issue}36762[36762]
 
 
 *Auditbeat*
diff --git a/libbeat/processors/syslog/syslog.go b/libbeat/processors/syslog/syslog.go
index 834af6953f7..96c21d3d773 100644
--- a/libbeat/processors/syslog/syslog.go
+++ b/libbeat/processors/syslog/syslog.go
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ func init() {
 				"ignore_missing",
 				"ignore_failure",
 				"tag",
+				"when",
 			),
 		),
 	)