diff --git a/sysvinit-2.88+dsf-xen.patch b/sysvinit-2.88+dsf-xen.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e67275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysvinit-2.88+dsf-xen.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- src/consoles.c
++++ src/consoles.c	2014-02-07 15:33:15.786235493 +0000
+@@ -313,16 +313,19 @@ console:
+ 	 */
+ 	if ((fc = fopen("/proc/consoles", "re"))) {
+ 		char fbuf[16];
+-		int maj, min;
++		int maj, min, matches;
+ 		DIR *dir;
+ 		dir = opendir("/dev");
+ 		if (!dir) {
+ 			fclose(fc);
+ 			goto fallback;
+ 		}
+-		while ((fscanf(fc, "%*s %*s (%[^)]) %d:%d", &fbuf[0], &maj, &min) == 3)) {
++		while ((matches = fscanf(fc, "%*s %*s (%[^)]) %d:%d", &fbuf[0], &maj, &min)) >= 1) {
+ 			char * name;
+ 
++			if (matches != 3)
++				continue;
++
+ 			if (!strchr(fbuf, 'E'))
+ 				continue;
+ 			comparedev = makedev(maj, min);
diff --git a/sysvinit.changes b/sysvinit.changes
index 4df57be..94d5381 100644
--- a/sysvinit.changes
+++ b/sysvinit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb  7 15:42:34 UTC 2014 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Add patch sysvinit-2.88+dsf-xen.patch to enable sulogin to find
+  suitable console device even if first is not usable (bnc#862078)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 14 12:31:53 UTC 2014 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/sysvinit.spec b/sysvinit.spec
index 9b54056..63126f0 100644
--- a/sysvinit.spec
+++ b/sysvinit.spec
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ Patch10:        %{name}-%{version}dsf-env.patch
 Patch11:        %{name}-%{version}dsf-dostat.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM -- killall5: handle strange names of executables
 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
 Patch40:        showconsole-%{SCVER}.dif
 Patch41:        showconsole-1.16-deadlock.diff
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ Just some symlinks and manual page for sysvinit
 %patch10 -p0 -b .env
 %patch11 -p0 -b .dostat
 %patch12 -p0 -b .ka5
+%patch13 -p0 -b .xen
 %patch
 pushd doc
   mkdir killproc showconsole