diff --git a/fetchmail.changes b/fetchmail.changes
index 38fb6a7..8fe19fe 100644
--- a/fetchmail.changes
+++ b/fetchmail.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Apr 30 17:49:47 CEST 2008 - pcerny@suse.cz
+
+- added option to specify polling interval to init script 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar 28 18:31:11 CET 2008 - pcerny@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/fetchmail.init b/fetchmail.init
index 9deb680..82deb69 100644
--- a/fetchmail.init
+++ b/fetchmail.init
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# Copyright (c) 1995-2002 SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 1995-2008 SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany.
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Author: Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@suse.cz>
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ case "$1" in
 	rc_status
 	;;
     start)
+	if [ $# -ge 2 ]; then
+		if echo "$2" | grep -E "^[0-9]+$" >& /dev/null ; then
+			FETCHMAIL_POLLING_INTERVAL="$2"
+		else
+			echo "Invalid polling interval specified: '$2', using default: $FETCHMAIL_POLLING_INTERVAL"
+		fi
+	fi
+
 	echo -n "Starting fetchmail"
 	## Start daemon with startproc(8). If this fails
 	## the return value is set appropriately by startproc.
@@ -136,7 +144,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	fi
 	$0 status
 	if test $? = 0; then
-		$0 restart
+		$0 restart "$2"
 	else
 		rc_reset	# Not running is not a failure.
 	fi
@@ -147,7 +155,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	## Stop the service and regardless of whether it was
 	## running or not, start it again.
 	$0 stop
-	$0 start
+	$0 start "$2"
 
 	# Remember status and be quiet
 	rc_status
@@ -208,7 +216,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	test $FETCHMAIL_CONFIG -nt /var/run/fetchmail.pid || test $FETCHMAIL_RC -nt /var/run/fetchmail.pid && echo reload
 	;;
     *)
-	echo "Usage: $0 {oneshot|start|stop|status|try-restart|restart|force-reload|reload}"
+	echo "Usage: $0 {oneshot|start|stop|status|try-restart|restart|force-reload|reload} [polling interval]"
 	exit 1
 	;;
 esac
diff --git a/fetchmail.spec b/fetchmail.spec
index 57be4dd..c9cdaed 100644
--- a/fetchmail.spec
+++ b/fetchmail.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ License:        GPL v2 or later; Other uncritical OpenSource License; Public Dom
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Email/Utilities
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        6.3.8
-Release:        113
+Release:        123
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        %{name}.init
 Source2:        %{name}.logrotate
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{py_sitedir}/fetchmailconf.*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 30 2008 pcerny@suse.cz
+- added option to specify polling interval to init script
 * Fri Mar 28 2008 pcerny@suse.cz
 - additional fix for bnc#246829
   [fetchmail-6.3.8-starttls.patch ->
@@ -356,7 +358,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 * Wed Nov 29 2000 bjacke@suse.de
 - updated to 5.6.0
 - adjust README to new boot concept
-* Fri Nov 10 2000 bjacke@suse.de
+* Sat Nov 11 2000 bjacke@suse.de
 - updated to version 5.5.5
 - switched to long names
 - added README.SuSE