diff --git a/rsyslog-service-prepare.in b/rsyslog-service-prepare.in
index 4577f9f..9cfc1f3 100644
--- a/rsyslog-service-prepare.in
+++ b/rsyslog-service-prepare.in
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ fi
 if test ! -e /dev/xconsole ; then
 	/bin/mknod -m 0600  /dev/xconsole p
 	/bin/chown root:tty /dev/xconsole
+	restorecon /dev/xconsole 2> /dev/null
 fi
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/rsyslog.changes b/rsyslog.changes
index 0db0ca8..e4f1cf6 100644
--- a/rsyslog.changes
+++ b/rsyslog.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 29 11:53:49 UTC 2013 - vcizek@suse.com
+
+- restore SELinux label when creating xconsole (bnc#812447)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 19 16:25:03 UTC 2013 - mt@suse.de