diff --git a/xrdp-0.6.1-syslog-format.patch b/xrdp-0.6.1-syslog-format.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8da4bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xrdp-0.6.1-syslog-format.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ruN xrdp-v0.6.1-orig/common/log.c xrdp-v0.6.1/common/log.c
+--- xrdp-v0.6.1-orig/common/log.c	2013-11-10 07:11:15.000000000 +1100
++++ xrdp-v0.6.1/common/log.c	2014-04-01 17:54:49.005574821 +1100
+@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
+   if (l_cfg->enable_syslog  && (lvl <= l_cfg->log_level))
+   {
+     /* log to syslog */
+-    syslog(log_xrdp2syslog(lvl), buff + 20);
++    syslog(log_xrdp2syslog(lvl), "%s", buff + 20);
+   }
+ 
+   if (lvl <= l_cfg->log_level)
diff --git a/xrdp.spec b/xrdp.spec
index 6c62491..0e061bf 100644
--- a/xrdp.spec
+++ b/xrdp.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Patch2: xrdp-pam_session.patch
 # https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=112022&atid=665248
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=905411
 Patch3: xrdp-endian.patch
+Patch4: xrdp-0.6.1-syslog-format.patch
 
 Source1: xrdp.service
 Source2: xrdp-sesman.service
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ terminal server / remote desktop clients.
 %patch1 -p2
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1 -b .endian
+%patch4 -p1 -b .syslog-format
 
 # remove unused modules from xrdp login combobox
 %{__sed} -i -e '/\[xrdp2\]/,$d' xrdp/xrdp.ini
@@ -190,6 +192,7 @@ fi
 %changelog
 * Tue Apr  1 2014 Bojan Smojver <bojan@rexursive.com> - 0.6.1-1
 - try a bump to official 0.6.1
+- provide format for syslog() call
 
 * Sun Aug 04 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.6.0-0.8
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild