diff --git a/0002-The-mdcheck-script-now-adds-messages-to-the-system.patch b/0002-The-mdcheck-script-now-adds-messages-to-the-system.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3611608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0002-The-mdcheck-script-now-adds-messages-to-the-system.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From 03bec5cfdd87f25b1669a4b62d19cf872403d37a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Bill Merriam <bill@merriam.net>
+Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 10:16:13 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] The mdcheck script now adds messages to the system log to
+ report on progress of the array check.  These are issued when mdcheck starts
+ or continues a check and when it suspends a check at the expiration of
+ duration.  The messages either report the check has completed or the block
+ number of the current and last block in the array and the percentage of
+ completion.
+
+Signed-off-by: Bill Merriam <bill@merriam.net>
+---
+ misc/mdcheck | 7 +++++++
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/misc/mdcheck b/misc/mdcheck
+index 2c8f54d..c33e3f6 100644
+--- a/misc/mdcheck
++++ b/misc/mdcheck
+@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ do
+ 		continue
+ 	else
+ 		start=`cat "$fl"`
++		size=$(expr $(cat $sys/md/component_size) \* 2)
++		logger $(echo $dev $start $size | awk '{printf "MDCHECK Continuing check on %s at block %i of %i, %6.2f%% complete\n", $1, $2, $3,  $2/$3*100 }')
+ 	fi
+ 
+ 	cnt=$[cnt+1]
+@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ do
+ 		then
+ 			eval MD_${i}_fl=
+ 			rm -f $fl
++			logger "MDCHECK check completed on ${sys##*/}, removing $fl"
+ 			continue;
+ 		fi
+ 		read a rest < $sys/md/sync_completed
+@@ -156,4 +159,8 @@ do
+ 	fi
+ 	echo idle > $sys/md/sync_action
+ 	cat $sys/md/sync_min > $fl
++	dev=${sys##*/}
++	start=$(cat $fl)
++	size=$(expr $(cat $sys/md/component_size) \* 2)
++	logger $(echo $dev $start $size | awk '{printf "MDCHECK Suspending check on %s at block %i of %i, %6.2f%% complete\n", $1, $2, $3,  $2/$3*100 }')
+ done
+-- 
+2.6.6
+
diff --git a/mdadm.changes b/mdadm.changes
index 6ecc9a4..73e241a 100644
--- a/mdadm.changes
+++ b/mdadm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun May 22 15:01:13 UTC 2016 - bill@merriam.net
+
+- Added 0002-The-mdcheck-script-now-adds-messages-to-the-system.patch
+  The mdcheck bash script now writes messages to the syslog about 
+  progress with check.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 20 05:13:48 UTC 2016 - neilb@suse.com
 
diff --git a/mdadm.spec b/mdadm.spec
index 59340dd..1ea5580 100644
--- a/mdadm.spec
+++ b/mdadm.spec
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Source2:        sysconfig.mdadm
 Source3:        cron.d.mdadm
 Source7:        mdadm.cron
 Patch1:         0001-super1-Clear-memory-allocated-for-superblock-bitmap-.patch
+Patch2:			0002-The-mdcheck-script-now-adds-messages-to-the-system.patch
 
 %define _udevdir %(pkg-config --variable=udevdir udev)
 %define _systemdshutdowndir %{_unitdir}/../system-shutdown
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ programs but with a very different interface.
 %prep
 %setup -q -a1
 %patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 make %{?_smp_mflags} CC="%__cc" CXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -Wno-error" SUSE=yes