diff --git a/gdm-disable-journal.patch b/gdm-disable-journal.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5609993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdm-disable-journal.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Index: gdm-3.10.0.1/daemon/gdm-slave-proxy.c
+===================================================================
+--- gdm-3.10.0.1.orig/daemon/gdm-slave-proxy.c
++++ gdm-3.10.0.1/daemon/gdm-slave-proxy.c
+@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ typedef struct {
+ static void
+ spawn_child_setup (SpawnChildData *data)
+ {
+-#ifdef WITH_SYSTEMD
++#ifdef WITH_SYSTEMD && ENABLE_SYSTEMD_JOURNAL
+         if (sd_booted () > 0) {
+                 return;
+         }
+@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ spawn_command_line_async (const char *co
+ 
+         data.identifier = argv[0];
+ 
+-#ifdef WITH_SYSTEMD
++#ifdef WITH_SYSTEMD && ENABLE_SYSTEMD_JOURNAL
+         if (sd_booted () > 0) {
+                 has_journald = TRUE;
+         }
diff --git a/gdm.changes b/gdm.changes
index be95fa2..8037bf5 100644
--- a/gdm.changes
+++ b/gdm.changes
@@ -641,6 +641,8 @@ Fri Jun 20 09:35:25 UTC 2014 - fcrozat@suse.com
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 28 11:26:21 UTC 2014 - fcrozat@suse.com
 
+- Add gdm-disable-journal.patch: properly disable journald in all
+  gdm, if asked (bnc#867344).
 - Remove scrollkeeper configure flag, no longer exists.
 - Only build ConsoleKit support when not building systemd support.
 - Update gdm-launch-environment.pamd to not call pam_loginuid, it
@@ -678,6 +680,12 @@ Wed Mar 26 18:45:34 UTC 2014 - zaitor@opensuse.org
   + Fix timed login.
   + Updated translations.
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 26 08:44:13 UTC 2014 - dliang@suse.com
+
+- Add --disable-systemd-journal in specfile for SLE to disable
+  journal support (bnc#867344).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 20 08:28:44 UTC 2014 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gdm.spec b/gdm.spec
index 943564d..f979225 100644
--- a/gdm.spec
+++ b/gdm.spec
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Patch35:        gdm-xauthlocalhostname.patch
 Patch41:        gdm-plymouth-vt1.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM gdm-fails-to-restart-gnome-shell.patch bsc#981976 bgo#769969 tyang@suse.com -- Gdm should stop after a few times fails
 Patch42:        gdm-fails-to-restart-gnome-shell.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-SLE gdm-disable-journal.patch bnc#867344 fcrozat@suse.com -- ensure journal is properly disabled everywhere 
+Patch43:        gdm-disable-journal.patch
 BuildRequires:  check-devel
 # needed for directory ownership
 BuildRequires:  dconf
@@ -191,6 +193,9 @@ translation-update-upstream
 %patch35 -p1
 %patch41 -p1
 %patch42 -p1
+%if ! 0%{?is_opensuse}
+%patch43 -p1
+%endif
 
 %build
 NOCONFIGURE=1 sh autogen.sh
@@ -210,7 +215,11 @@ NOCONFIGURE=1 sh autogen.sh
 %else
         --disable-wayland-support \
 %endif
+%if 0%{?is_opensuse}
         --enable-systemd-journal \
+%else
+        --disable-systemd-journal \
+%endif
 %if %{enable_split_authentication}
         --enable-split-authentication \
 %else