diff --git a/sysklogd-1.4.1-dontsleep.patch b/sysklogd-1.4.1-dontsleep.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdca050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysklogd-1.4.1-dontsleep.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff -ru sysklogd-1.4.1.orig/klogd.c sysklogd-1.4.1/klogd.c
+--- sysklogd-1.4.1.orig/klogd.c	2001-03-11 20:40:10.000000000 +0100
++++ sysklogd-1.4.1/klogd.c	2007-06-18 13:22:06.978362000 +0200
+@@ -414,9 +414,11 @@
+ {
+ 	CloseLogSrc();
+ 	Syslog(LOG_INFO, "Kernel log daemon terminating.");
+-	sleep(1);
+-	if ( output_file != (FILE *) 0 )
++	if ( output_file != (FILE *) 0 ) {
++                fflush(output_file);
++                fsync(fileno(output_file));
+ 		fclose(output_file);
++        }
+ 	closelog();
+ #ifndef TESTING
+ 	(void) remove_pid(PidFile);
diff --git a/syslogd.changes b/syslogd.changes
index d1c1a48..03a2bf8 100644
--- a/syslogd.changes
+++ b/syslogd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun 18 13:43:58 CEST 2007 - coolo@suse.de
+
+- don't sleep during boot - and rather sync the logfile
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May 14 13:36:34 CEST 2007 - mt@suse.de
 
diff --git a/syslogd.spec b/syslogd.spec
index 864a16a..16d679d 100644
--- a/syslogd.spec
+++ b/syslogd.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ PreReq:         klogd
 Provides:       syslog
 Autoreqprov:    on
 Version:        1.4.1
-Release:        605
+Release:        614
 Summary:        The Syslog daemon
 Source:         sysklogd-1.4.1.tar.bz2
 Source1:        logrotate.syslog
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Patch14:        sysklogd-1.4.1-showpri.patch
 Patch15:        sysklogd-1.4.1-preserve_percents.patch
 Patch16:        sysklogd-1.4.1-utf8.patch
 Patch17:        sysklogd-1.4.1-ksym.patch
+Patch18:        sysklogd-1.4.1-dontsleep.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch15 -p1 -b .presperc
 %patch16 -p1 -b .utf8
 %patch17 -p0 -b .ksym
+%patch18 -p1 -b .sleep
 %patch0  -p0
 %ifarch s390 s390x
 mv sample-s390.conf sample.conf
@@ -220,6 +222,8 @@ fi
 %{omc_svcdir}/syslog.xml
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 18 2007 - coolo@suse.de
+- don't sleep during boot - and rather sync the logfile
 * Mon May 14 2007 - mt@suse.de
 - Bug #256671: Changed default value of SYSLOG_DAEMON variable in
   /etc/sysconfig/syslog to "" (autodetect), adopted description.