diff --git a/tomcat-7.0.init b/tomcat-7.0.init
index e1e2262..b3d0d1d 100644
--- a/tomcat-7.0.init
+++ b/tomcat-7.0.init
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ function makeHomeDir() {
         cp -pLR /usr/share/${NAME}/conf $CATALINA_HOME
         ln -fs /usr/share/java/tomcat ${CATALINA_HOME}/lib
         ln -fs /usr/share/tomcat/webapps ${CATALINA_HOME}/webapps
-        chown ${TOMCAT_USER}:${TOMCAT_USER} /var/log/${NAME}
+        chown --no-dereference ${TOMCAT_USER}:${TOMCAT_USER} /var/log/${NAME}
     fi
 }
  
@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ function start() {
     # fix permissions on the log and pid files
     export CATALINA_PID="/var/run/${NAME}.pid"
     touch $CATALINA_PID
-    chown ${TOMCAT_USER}:${TOMCAT_USER} $CATALINA_PID
+    chown --no-dereference ${TOMCAT_USER}:${TOMCAT_USER} $CATALINA_PID
     touch $TOMCAT_LOG
-    chown ${TOMCAT_USER}:${TOMCAT_USER} $TOMCAT_LOG
+    chown --no-dereference ${TOMCAT_USER}:${TOMCAT_USER} $TOMCAT_LOG
     if [ "$CATALINA_HOME" != "/usr/share/tomcat" ]; then
         # Create a tomcat directory if it doesn't exist
         makeHomeDir
diff --git a/tomcat.changes b/tomcat.changes
index dec7bb4..e157170 100644
--- a/tomcat.changes
+++ b/tomcat.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 26 13:06:35 UTC 2013 - mvyskocil@suse.com
+
+- call chown --no-dereference in init script (bnc#822177#c7
+ 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 23 14:33:47 UTC 2013 - mvyskocil@suse.com