diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index 6dd97c3..b4e072f 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Wed Apr  7 16:59:58 CEST 2010 - mls@suse.de
 
 - work around spurious tar message [bnc#558475]
 - fix defattr reset bug [bnc#594310]
+- make 'rpmconfigcheck status' exit with 4 [bnc#592269]
 - don't consider prereq deprecated for now
 
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diff --git a/rpmconfigcheck b/rpmconfigcheck
index a4eeb48..7699148 100644
--- a/rpmconfigcheck
+++ b/rpmconfigcheck
@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ case "$1" in
 	    rm -f $configcheckfile.old $configcheckfile.dup $configcheckfile.new
 	fi
 	;;
-    stop|status)
+    stop)
+	;;
+    status)
+	rc_failed 4
+	rc_status -v
 	;;
      *)
 	echo "Usage: $0 {start}"