diff --git a/killproc-2.18-open_flags.dif b/killproc-2.18-open_flags.dif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29a45ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/killproc-2.18-open_flags.dif
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- startproc.c
++++ startproc.c	2014-05-27 12:08:10.498235871 +0000
+@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ static int do_start(const char *inname,
+ 	    char * redirect;
+ 	    if (!(redirect = getenv("REDIRECT")))
+ 		redirect = "/dev/tty";
+-	    if ((tty = open(redirect,O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK,0)) < 0)
++	    if ((tty = open(redirect,O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK,0)) < 0)
+ 		error(LSB_PROOF," cannot open %s: %s\n", redirect, strerror(errno));
+ 	    dup2(tty, fileno(stdin));
+ 	    dup2(tty, fileno(stdout));
diff --git a/sysvinit.changes b/sysvinit.changes
index 94d5381..80f266a 100644
--- a/sysvinit.changes
+++ b/sysvinit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 21 13:49:37 CEST 2014 - draht@suse.de
+
+- open("/dev/tty", ...) should use O_RDWR, not O_WRONLY. Otherwise,
+  after dup2(fd, 0);, a process cannot read from stdin. [bnc#863518]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb  7 15:42:34 UTC 2014 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/sysvinit.spec b/sysvinit.spec
index 63126f0..305ba86 100644
--- a/sysvinit.spec
+++ b/sysvinit.spec
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Patch12:        %{name}-%{version}dsf-sulogin.diff
 # PATCH-FIX-SUSE -- sulogin: find suitable console device even if first is not usable
 Patch13:        %{name}-%{version}dsf-xen.patch
 Patch30:        killproc-%{KPVER}.dif
+Patch31:        killproc-2.18-open_flags.dif
 Patch40:        showconsole-%{SCVER}.dif
 Patch41:        showconsole-1.16-deadlock.diff
 Patch42:        showconsole-1.16-glibc.dif
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ pushd doc
 popd
 pushd ../killproc-%{KPVER}
 %patch30
+%patch31 -p0 -b .dialog
 ln -t../%{name}-%{SIVER}dsf/doc/killproc README
 popd
 pushd ../showconsole-%{SCVER}