diff --git a/_lastrevision b/_lastrevision
index 263e7a1..9f38e34 100644
--- a/_lastrevision
+++ b/_lastrevision
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a2ebac5641c371563ae0521639d3ff2f3aed22c1
\ No newline at end of file
+19d76462de94cefedc905c8c5d24635c7c8e9b40
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fix-syndic-start-issue.patch b/fix-syndic-start-issue.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7447fc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fix-syndic-start-issue.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 0b15fe1ecc3ed468714a5a8d84787ab23ac6144e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Mihai Dinca <mdinca@suse.de>
+Date: Thu, 2 May 2019 10:50:17 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix syndic start issue
+
+---
+ salt/utils/event.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/salt/utils/event.py b/salt/utils/event.py
+index d2700bd2a0..160cba9bde 100644
+--- a/salt/utils/event.py
++++ b/salt/utils/event.py
+@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ class SaltEvent(object):
+         self.subscriber.callbacks.add(event_handler)
+         if not self.subscriber.reading:
+             # This will handle reconnects
+-            self.subscriber.read_async()
++            return self.subscriber.read_async()
+ 
+     def __del__(self):
+         # skip exceptions in destroy-- since destroy() doesn't cover interpreter
+-- 
+2.20.1
+
+
diff --git a/salt.changes b/salt.changes
index d9ec62a..0d81950 100644
--- a/salt.changes
+++ b/salt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May  2 16:18:45 UTC 2019 - mdinca <mdinca@suse.de>
+
+- Fix issue preventing syndic to start
+- Update year on spec copyright notice
+
+- Added:
+  * fix-syndic-start-issue.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 30 11:51:59 UTC 2019 - psuarezhernandez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/salt.spec b/salt.spec
index 8555f39..e4f8046 100644
--- a/salt.spec
+++ b/salt.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package salt
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ Patch49:       add-batch_presence_ping_timeout-and-batch_presence_p.patch
 Patch50:       do-not-report-patches-as-installed-when-not-all-the-.patch
 # PATCH-FIX_UPSTREAM https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52527
 Patch51:       use-threadpool-from-multiprocessing.pool-to-avoid-le.patch
+# PATCH-FIX_UPSTREAM https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52519 (partial porting)
+Patch52:       fix-syndic-start-issue.patch
 
 # BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -676,6 +678,7 @@ cp %{S:5} ./.travis.yml
 %patch49 -p1
 %patch50 -p1
 %patch51 -p1
+%patch52 -p1
 
 %build
 %if 0%{?build_py2}