diff --git a/prosody.cfg.lua.dist b/prosody.cfg.lua.dist
index 6dc46db..e93385c 100644
--- a/prosody.cfg.lua.dist
+++ b/prosody.cfg.lua.dist
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
 -- Settings in this section apply to the whole server and are the default settings
 -- for any virtual hosts
 
+	prosody_user = "jabber"
+	prosody_group = "jabber"
+	pidfile = "/var/run/jabber/prosody.pid"
+
+	log = "/var/log/jabber/prosody.log"
+	-- Requires mod_posix to be loaded
+	-- log = "*syslog
+
 -- This is a (by default, empty) list of accounts that are admins
 -- for the server. Note that you must create the accounts separately
 -- (see http://prosody.im/doc/creating_accounts for info)