diff --git a/klogd-obsolete.patch b/klogd-obsolete.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1df2bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/klogd-obsolete.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Index: sysklogd-1.4.1/ksym_mod.c
+===================================================================
+--- sysklogd-1.4.1.orig/ksym_mod.c
++++ sysklogd-1.4.1/ksym_mod.c
+@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include <sys/fcntl.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
++#include <sys/syscall.h>
+ #include <stdarg.h>
+ #include <paths.h>
+ #include <limits.h>
+@@ -105,7 +106,16 @@ struct kernel_sym
+ };
+ 
+ extern __off64_t lseek64 __P ((int __fd, __off64_t __offset, int __whence));
+-extern int get_kernel_syms __P ((struct kernel_sym *__table));
++
++static int get_kernel_syms(struct kernel_sym *table)
++{
++#ifdef SYS_get_kernel_syms
++	return syscall(SYS_get_kernel_syms, table);
++#else
++	errno = ENOSYS;
++	return -1;
++#endif
++}
+ 
+ static inline __off64_t seek64(int fd, uintptr_t address)
+ {
diff --git a/syslogd.changes b/syslogd.changes
index 373f352..cc4c4ed 100644
--- a/syslogd.changes
+++ b/syslogd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 25 14:22:13 UTC 2016 - schwab@suse.de
+
+- klogd-obsolete.patch: avoid use of obsolete function get_kernel_syms
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May  8 13:43:30 UTC 2015 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/syslogd.spec b/syslogd.spec
index 9385d2f..2e3a323 100644
--- a/syslogd.spec
+++ b/syslogd.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package syslogd
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ Patch25:        sysklogd-1.4.1-systemd-multi.dif
 Patch26:        sysklogd-1.4.1-systemd-sock-name.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-SUSE bsc#897262, CVE-2014-3634 rsyslog/syslogd: remote syslog PRI vulnerability
 Patch28:        sysklogd-1.4.1-CVE-2014-3634.patch
+Patch29:        klogd-obsolete.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch25 -p0 -b .sd2
 %patch26 -p0 -b .sd3
 %patch28 -p0 -b .cve20143634
+%patch29 -p1
 %patch0  -p0
 
 %build