diff --git a/src/migration-scripts/system/11-to-12 b/src/migration-scripts/system/11-to-12
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# converts 'set system syslog host <address>:<port>'
+# to 'set system syslog host <address> port <port>'
+
+import sys
+import re
+
+from vyos.configtree import ConfigTree
+
+if (len(sys.argv) < 1):
+  print("Must specify file name!")
+  sys.exit(1)
+
+file_name = sys.argv[1]
+
+with open(file_name, 'r') as f:
+  config_file = f.read()
+
+config = ConfigTree(config_file)
+cbase = ['system', 'syslog', 'host']
+
+if not config.exists(cbase):
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+for host in config.list_nodes(cbase):
+    if re.search(':[0-9]{1,5}$',host):
+        h = re.search('^[a-zA-Z\-0-9\.]+', host).group(0)
+        p = re.sub(':', '', re.search(':[0-9]+$', host).group(0))
+        config.set(cbase + [h])        
+        config.set(cbase + [h, 'port'], value=p)
+        for fac in config.list_nodes(cbase + [host, 'facility']):
+            config.set(cbase + [h, 'facility', fac])
+            config.set_tag(cbase + [h, 'facility'])
+            if config.exists(cbase + [host, 'facility', fac, 'protocol']):
+                proto = config.return_value(cbase + [host, 'facility', fac, 'protocol'])
+                config.set(cbase + [h, 'facility', fac, 'protocol'], value=proto)
+            if config.exists(cbase + [host, 'facility', fac, 'level']):
+                lvl = config.return_value(cbase + [host, 'facility', fac, 'level'])
+                config.set(cbase + [h, 'facility', fac, 'level'], value=lvl)
+        config.delete(cbase + [host])
+
+    try:
+        open(file_name,'w').write(config.to_string())
+    except OSError as e:
+        print("Failed to save the modified config: {}".format(e))
+        sys.exit(1)