diff --git a/support-powerfail-with-powerstatus.patch b/support-powerfail-with-powerstatus.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a058619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support-powerfail-with-powerstatus.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+--- systemd-208/units/sigpwr.target
++++ systemd-208/units/sigpwr.target	2014-01-14 15:53:32.878735762 +0000
+@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
+ [Unit]
+ Description=Power Failure
+ Documentation=man:systemd.special(7)
++BindTo=powerfail.service
++DefaultDependencies=no
++RefuseManualStart=yes
+--- systemd-208/units/powerfail.service
++++ systemd-208/units/powerfail.service	2014-01-14 16:11:41.802235712 +0000
+@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
++# This file is part of systemd.
++#
++# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Germany.
++# Author: Werner Fink
++# Please send feedback to http://www.suse.de/feedback
++#
++# Description:
++#
++#  Used to start the systemd-powerfail.service
++#
++
++[Unit]
++Description=powerfail handling
++BindTo=sigpwr.target
++DefaultDependencies=no
++RefuseManualStart=yes
++
++[Service]
++Type=oneshot
++ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-powerfail
++RemainAfterExit=false
+--- systemd-208/man/systemd-powerfail.service.8
++++ systemd-208/man/systemd-powerfail.service.8	2014-01-14 18:22:21.286735810 +0000
+@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
++'\" t
++.TH "SYSTEMD\-POWERFAIL\&.SERVICE" "8" "" "systemd 208" "systemd-powerfail.service"
++.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
++.\" * Define some portability stuff
++.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
++.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
++.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
++.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
++.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
++.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
++.el       .ds Aq '
++.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
++.\" * set default formatting
++.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
++.\" disable hyphenation
++.nh
++.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
++.ad l
++.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
++.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
++.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
++.SH "NAME"
++systemd-powerfail.service, systemd-powerfail \- Power Fail signal handling
++.SH "SYNOPSIS"
++.PP
++systemd\-powerfail\&.service
++.PP
++/usr/lib/systemd/systemd\-powerfail
++.SH "DESCRIPTION"
++.PP
++systemd\-powerfail
++is a system service that is used to evaulate the content of
++\fI/var/run/powerstatus\fR.  Based on the content of this
++file:
++.IP F(AIL)
++Power is failing, UPS is providing the power. The
++systemd\-powerfail
++is now doing a timed shutdown.
++.IP O(K)
++The power has been restored, and pending shutdown
++will be cancled.
++.IP L(OW)
++The power is failing and the UPS has a low battery.
++The
++systemd\-powerfail
++is doing an immediate shutdown.
++.PP
++If \fI/var/run/powerstatus\fR doesn't exist or contains anything else then the letters
++F, O or L, systemd\-powerfail will behave as if it has read the letter F.
++.PP
++.SH "SEE ALSO"
++.PP
++\fBshutdown\fR(8),
++\fBpowerd\fR(8)
diff --git a/systemd-mini.spec b/systemd-mini.spec
index cdf81be0..a35884ef 100644
--- a/systemd-mini.spec
+++ b/systemd-mini.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package systemd-mini
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
diff --git a/systemd-powerfail b/systemd-powerfail
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..797fb7d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd-powerfail
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-powerfail
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Germany.
+# Author: Werner Fink
+# Please send feedback to http://www.suse.de/feedback
+#
+# Description:
+#
+#  Used to evaluate the status of /var/run/powerstatus
+#
+
+trap "echo" SIGINT SIGSEGV SIGTERM
+
+   POWERFAIL='THE POWER IS FAILED! SYSTEM GOING DOWN! PLEASE LOG OFF NOW!'
+POWERFAILNOW='THE POWER IS FAILED! LOW BATTERY - EMERGENCY SYSTEM SHUTDOWN!'
+ POWERISBACK='THE POWER IS BACK'
+
+typeset pwrstat=0
+test -s /var/run/powerstatus && read pwrstat < /var/run/powerstatus
+rm -f   /var/run/powerstatus
+
+case "$pwrstat" in
+O*) exec /sbin/shutdown -c +0 "$POWERISBACK"  ;;
+L*) exec /sbin/shutdown -P +0 "$POWERFAILNOW" ;;
+*)  exec /sbin/shutdown -P +2 "$POWERFAIL"    ;;
+esac
diff --git a/systemd-rpm-macros.spec b/systemd-rpm-macros.spec
index 4c7b714f..c8e0234c 100644
--- a/systemd-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/systemd-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package systemd-rpm-macros
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
diff --git a/systemd.changes b/systemd.changes
index a9766b37..5b0b8538 100644
--- a/systemd.changes
+++ b/systemd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 14 18:28:09 UTC 2014 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Add patch support-powerfail-with-powerstatus.patch and source
+  file systemd-powerfail to implement SIGPWR support with evaluation
+  of the file /var/run/powerstatus (bnc#737690)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec 20 12:06:18 UTC 2013 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index c66ec723..6573788a 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package systemd
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Source8:        systemd-journald.init
 Source9:        nss-myhostname-config
 Source10:       macros.systemd.upstream
 Source11:       after-local.service
+Source12:       systemd-powerfail
 
 Source1060:     boot.udev
 Source1061:     write_dev_root_rule
@@ -271,6 +272,8 @@ Patch1013:      U_logind_revert_lazy_session_activation_on_non_vt_seats.patch
 Patch1014:      1014-journald-with-journaling-FS.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM build-sys-make-multi-seat-x-optional.patch
 Patch1015:      build-sys-make-multi-seat-x-optional.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-SUSE support-powerfail-with-powerstatus.patch
+Patch1016:      support-powerfail-with-powerstatus.patch
 
 %description
 Systemd is a system and service manager, compatible with SysV and LSB
@@ -553,6 +556,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE7} m4/
 %patch1013 -p1
 %patch1014 -p1
 %patch1015 -p1
+%patch1016 -p1
 
 # ensure generate files are removed
 rm -f units/emergency.service
@@ -730,6 +734,11 @@ EOF
 install -m 644 %{S:11} %{buildroot}/%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system/
 ln -s ../after-local.service %{buildroot}/%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/
 
+# support for SIGPWR handling with /var/run/powerstatus of e.g. powerd
+install -m 755 %{S:12} %{buildroot}/%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/
+install -m 644 units/powerfail.service %{buildroot}/%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system/
+install -m 644 man/systemd-powerfail.service.8 %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man8/
+
 %fdupes -s %{buildroot}%{_mandir}
 
 # packaged in systemd-rpm-macros