diff --git a/rtkit-silent-debug-messages-by-default.patch b/rtkit-silent-debug-messages-by-default.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dfadd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rtkit-silent-debug-messages-by-default.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+From: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>
+Subject: rtkit-daemon: Don't log debug messages by default
+References: bsc#1206745
+
+The rtkit-daemon service is a lot more verbose than other services
+when it doesn't have anything to do. Stop logging the debug messages
+by default to avoid flooding the system log.
+
+This addresses the following upstream issue:
+https://github.com/heftig/rtkit/issues/22
+---
+ rtkit-daemon.c |   13 +++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
+
+--- rtkit-0.13.orig/rtkit-daemon.c
++++ rtkit-0.13/rtkit-daemon.c
+@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ static bool canary_demote_unknown = FALS
+ /* Log to stderr? */
+ static bool log_stderr = FALSE;
+ 
++/* Also log debugging messages? */
++static bool log_debug = FALSE;
++
+ /* Scheduling policy to use */
+ static int sched_policy = SCHED_RR;
+ 
+@@ -1876,6 +1879,7 @@ enum {
+         ARG_CANARY_DEMOTE_UNKNOWN,
+         ARG_CANARY_REFUSE_SEC,
+         ARG_STDERR,
++        ARG_DEBUG,
+         ARG_INTROSPECT
+ };
+ 
+@@ -1905,6 +1909,7 @@ static const struct option long_options[
+     { "canary-demote-unknown",       no_argument,       0, ARG_CANARY_DEMOTE_UNKNOWN },
+     { "canary-refuse-sec",           required_argument, 0, ARG_CANARY_REFUSE_SEC },
+     { "stderr",                      no_argument,       0, ARG_STDERR },
++    { "debug",                       no_argument,       0, ARG_DEBUG },
+     { "introspect",                  no_argument,       0, ARG_INTROSPECT },
+     { NULL, 0, 0, 0}
+ };
+@@ -1933,6 +1938,7 @@ static void show_help(const char *exe) {
+                "      --version                       Show version\n\n"
+                "OPTIONS:\n"
+                "      --stderr                        Log to STDERR in addition to syslog\n"
++               "      --debug                         Also log debugging mssages\n"
+                "      --user-name=USER                Run daemon as user (%s)\n\n"
+                "      --scheduling-policy=(RR|FIFO)   Choose scheduling policy (%s)\n"
+                "      --our-realtime-priority=[%i..%i] Realtime priority for the daemon (%u)\n"
+@@ -2222,6 +2228,10 @@ static int parse_command_line(int argc,
+                                 log_stderr = TRUE;
+                                 break;
+ 
++                        case ARG_DEBUG:
++                                log_debug = TRUE;
++                                break;
++
+                         case ARG_INTROSPECT:
+                                 fputs(introspect_xml, stdout);
+                                 *ret = 0;
+@@ -2251,6 +2261,9 @@ static int parse_command_line(int argc,
+                 return -1;
+         }
+ 
++	if (!log_debug)
++                setlogmask(LOG_UPTO(LOG_INFO));
++
+         assert(our_realtime_priority >= (unsigned) sched_get_priority_min(sched_policy));
+         assert(our_realtime_priority <= (unsigned) sched_get_priority_max(sched_policy));
+ 
diff --git a/rtkit.changes b/rtkit.changes
index c621690..acd0801 100644
--- a/rtkit.changes
+++ b/rtkit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 23 11:30:20 UTC 2023 - Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.com>
+
+- rtkit-daemon: Don't log debug messages by default (bsc#1206745).
+  Added patch(es):
+  * rtkit-silent-debug-messages-by-default.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec 31 13:12:17 UTC 2021 - Callum Farmer <gmbr3@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/rtkit.spec b/rtkit.spec
index d0c47ab..3430c97 100644
--- a/rtkit.spec
+++ b/rtkit.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package rtkit
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ Group:          System/Base
 URL:            https://github.com/heftig/rtkit
 Source:         https://github.com/heftig/rtkit/releases/download/v%{version}/rtkit-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:        rtkit.sysusers
-Patch0:	harden_rtkit-daemon.service.patch
+Patch0:         harden_rtkit-daemon.service.patch
+Patch1:         rtkit-silent-debug-messages-by-default.patch
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  libcap-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
-BuildRequires:  sysuser-tools
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
+BuildRequires:  sysuser-tools
 BuildRequires:  vim
 BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(dbus-1) >= 1.2
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ scheduling to be used by normal user processes.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 %sysusers_generate_pre %{SOURCE1} rtkit rtkit.conf