diff --git a/openslp.changes b/openslp.changes
index 5c6a375..1c91def 100644
--- a/openslp.changes
+++ b/openslp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 29 17:25:48 CET 2017 - ro@suse.de
+
+- add separate source openslp.logrotate.systemd to
+  use systemctl reload for logrotate configuration 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun 13 08:28:35 UTC 2017 - daniel.molkentin@suse.com
 
diff --git a/openslp.logrotate.systemd b/openslp.logrotate.systemd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57266c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openslp.logrotate.systemd
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/var/log/slpd.log {
+    compress
+    dateext
+    maxage 14
+    rotate 99
+    size +1024k
+    notifempty
+    missingok
+    create 600 root root
+    sharedscripts
+    postrotate
+        systemctl reload slpd.service
+    endscript
+}
diff --git a/openslp.spec b/openslp.spec
index 82483ad..2c73d40 100644
--- a/openslp.spec
+++ b/openslp.spec
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Source6:        slpd.xml
 Source7:        openslp.SuSEfirewall2
 Source8:        baselibs.conf
 Source9:        slpd.service
+Source10:       openslp.logrotate.systemd
 Patch1:         openslp.audit.diff
 Patch2:         extensions.diff
 Patch3:         openslp.truncate.diff
@@ -166,13 +167,14 @@ cat > ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/sbin/rcopenslp <<'EOF'
 exec /usr/sbin/rcslpd "$@"
 EOF
 chmod 755 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/sbin/rcopenslp
+install -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE10} ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/etc/logrotate.d/openslp-server
 %else
 mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/etc/init.d/
 install -m 755 %{SOURCE1} ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/etc/init.d/slpd
 ln -sf ../../etc/init.d/slpd ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/sbin/rcslpd
 ln -sf ../../etc/init.d/slpd ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/sbin/rcopenslp
-%endif
 install -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE5} ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/etc/logrotate.d/openslp-server
+%endif
 # install susehelp file
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/susehelp/meta/Administration/
 install -m 0644 %SOURCE3 \