[syslog-ng] Apache + syslog-ng w/o logger?

My goal is to enable Apache to log large access_log entries (> 1024 chars) to a syslog-ng server. The vast majority of examples I've seen for connecting Apache to syslog-ng employ the ancient /usr/bin/logger -- but that approach chops up messages longer than 1024 chars. The alternative approach is to use a perl/python script, but I'm nervous about the overhead. Anyone know of an updated logger binary? Thanks for any pointers, -Brian