diff --git a/0001-Set-syslog_fix_perms-for-SUSE-distro-addresses-bsc-1.patch b/0001-Set-syslog_fix_perms-for-SUSE-distro-addresses-bsc-1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52f12c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Set-syslog_fix_perms-for-SUSE-distro-addresses-bsc-1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 28167e24ae4a0e744103a71061474836dc6a9559 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Robert Schweikert <rjschwei@suse.com>
+Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:28:51 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] - Set syslog_fix_perms for SUSE distro, addresses bsc#1080595
+   + Avoid using the default configuration for syslog ownership the neither   
+  "adm" nor "wheel" groups are part of the default config on SUSE distros
+
+---
+ config/cloud.cfg.tmpl | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl b/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl
+index 32de9c9b..3ab681ee 100644
+--- a/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl
++++ b/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl
+@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
+ {% if variant in ["freebsd"] %}
+ syslog_fix_perms: root:wheel
+ {% endif %}
++{% if variant in ["suse"] %}
++syslog_fix_perms: root:adm
++{% endif %}
+ # A set of users which may be applied and/or used by various modules
+ # when a 'default' entry is found it will reference the 'default_user'
+ # from the distro configuration specified below
+-- 
+2.13.6
+
diff --git a/cloud-init.changes b/cloud-init.changes
index 31b1655..eb9cace 100644
--- a/cloud-init.changes
+++ b/cloud-init.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 13 19:39:50 UTC 2018 - rjschwei@suse.com
+
+- Fix logfile permission settings (bsc#1080595)
+  + Add 0001-Set-syslog_fix_perms-for-SUSE-distro-addresses-bsc-1.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 30 13:20:57 UTC 2018 - dmueller@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cloud-init.spec b/cloud-init.spec
index fa736d1..2fa6f1d 100644
--- a/cloud-init.spec
+++ b/cloud-init.spec
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ Patch40:        0001-switch-to-using-iproute2-tools.patch
 Patch41:        cloud-init-no-python-linux-dist.patch
 # Disable OVF tests
 Patch42:        cloud-init-skip-ovf-tests.patch
+# FIXME do not use the default user:groups for log file permission settings
+# Proposed for merging upstream
+Patch43:        0001-Set-syslog_fix_perms-for-SUSE-distro-addresses-bsc-1.patch
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  filesystem
 # pkg-config is needed to find correct systemd unit dir
@@ -200,6 +203,7 @@ Documentation and examples for cloud-init tools
 %patch40 -p1
 %patch41
 %patch42
+%patch43 -p1
 
 %build
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1315