diff --git a/klogd.service b/klogd.service
index 47a449e..58fad43 100644
--- a/klogd.service
+++ b/klogd.service
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ ProtectControlGroups=true
 RestrictRealtime=true
 # end of automatic additions 
 Type=simple
-StandardOutput=syslog
-StandardError=syslog
+StandardOutput=journal
+StandardError=journal
 Environment=KERNEL_LOGLEVEL=1
 Environment=KLOGD_PARAMS=
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/syslog
diff --git a/syslogd.changes b/syslogd.changes
index e8d392c..58b62e9 100644
--- a/syslogd.changes
+++ b/syslogd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar  4 07:22:27 UTC 2022 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
+
+- Switch from obsolete standard output type syslog over to journal (boo#1196467) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 30 13:20:31 UTC 2021 - Johannes Segitz <jsegitz@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/syslogd.spec b/syslogd.spec
index 0d42b94..d37ab03 100644
--- a/syslogd.spec
+++ b/syslogd.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package syslogd
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ cat >%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/boot.update <<EOF
 KLOG_CONSOLE="$KLOG_CONSOLE"
 
 ## Type:		list(,0,emerg,1,alert,2,crit,3,err,4,warning,5,notice,6,info,7,debug)
-## Default:		
+## Default:
 #
 # Loglevel for log console
 #