diff --git a/0001-by-default-use-logfiles-for-debug-messages.dif b/0001-by-default-use-logfiles-for-debug-messages.dif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..658fb10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-by-default-use-logfiles-for-debug-messages.dif
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 6a3686dbd6593d1f832231dd3e07fcd03eb9a2e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ralf Haferkamp <rhafer@suse.de>
+Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:42:06 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] by default use logfiles for debug messages
+
+
+ 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/server/sysv/SUSE/sssd b/server/sysv/SUSE/sssd
+index 34fd837..2f98c21 100644
+--- a/server/sysv/SUSE/sssd
++++ b/server/sysv/SUSE/sssd
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ PID_FILE=/var/run/sssd.pid
+ case "$1" in
+     start)
+         echo -n "Starting $prog "
+-        /sbin/startproc $SSSD -D 2>/dev/null
++        /sbin/startproc $SSSD -f -D 2>/dev/null
+         rc_status -v
+         ;;
+ 
+-- 
+1.6.4.2
+
diff --git a/sssd.changes b/sssd.changes
index 026aa50..22304b5 100644
--- a/sssd.changes
+++ b/sssd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar  8 14:06:29 UTC 2010 - rhafer@novell.com
+
+- use logfiles for debug messages by default 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar  5 12:57:25 UTC 2010 - rhafer@novell.com
 
diff --git a/sssd.spec b/sssd.spec
index b0ccbde..2c2cf63 100644
--- a/sssd.spec
+++ b/sssd.spec
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@
 
 Name:           sssd
 Version:        1.0.5
-Release:        1
+Release:        2
 Group:          System/Daemons
 Summary:        System Security Services Daemon
 # The entire source code is GPLv3+ except replace/ which is LGPLv3+
 License:        GPLv3+ and LGPLv3+
 Url:            https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         0001-by-default-use-logfiles-for-debug-messages.dif
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 ### Patches ###
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ Security Services Daemon (sssd).
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 export LDB_LIBS="-lldb"