diff --git a/syslog.go b/syslog.go
index c4082830..af6a49bc 100644
--- a/syslog.go
+++ b/syslog.go
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ func SyslogLevelWriter(w SyslogWriter) LevelWriter {
 }
 
 // SyslogCEEWriter wraps a SyslogWriter with a SyslogLevelWriter that adds a
-// MITRE CEE prefix for JSON syslog entries, compatible with rsyslog 
-// and syslog-ng JSON logging support. 
+// MITRE CEE prefix for JSON syslog entries, compatible with rsyslog
+// and syslog-ng JSON logging support.
 // See https://www.rsyslog.com/json-elasticsearch/
 func SyslogCEEWriter(w SyslogWriter) LevelWriter {
 	return syslogWriter{w, ceePrefix}
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func (sw syslogWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 func (sw syslogWriter) WriteLevel(level Level, p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	switch level {
 	case TraceLevel:
+		err = sw.w.Debug(sw.prefix + string(p))
 	case DebugLevel:
 		err = sw.w.Debug(sw.prefix + string(p))
 	case InfoLevel:
diff --git a/syslog_test.go b/syslog_test.go
index c168ba6a..7126e612 100644
--- a/syslog_test.go
+++ b/syslog_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-// +build !binary_log
-// +build !windows
+//go:build !binary_log && !windows
+// +build !binary_log,!windows
 
 package zerolog
 
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ func TestSyslogWriter(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Error().Msg("error")
 	log.Log().Msg("nolevel")
 	want := []syslogEvent{
+		{"Debug", `{"level":"trace","message":"trace"}` + "\n"},
 		{"Debug", `{"level":"debug","message":"debug"}` + "\n"},
 		{"Info", `{"level":"info","message":"info"}` + "\n"},
 		{"Warning", `{"level":"warn","message":"warn"}` + "\n"},