diff --git a/haproxy-1.3-error-reporting.patch b/haproxy-1.3-error-reporting.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c688335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy-1.3-error-reporting.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+From 304d6fb00fe32fca1bd932a301d4afb7d54c92bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
+Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:40:34 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] [BUG] critical errors should be reported even in daemon mode
+
+Josh Goebel reported that haproxy silently dies when it fails to
+chroot. In fact, it does so when in daemon mode, because daemon
+mode has been disabling output for ages.
+
+Since the code has been reworked, this could have been changed
+because there is no reason for this anymore, hence this patch.
+---
+ src/haproxy.c |    8 ++------
+ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
+index 50b013b..3eedfce 100644
+--- a/src/haproxy.c
++++ b/src/haproxy.c
+@@ -895,11 +895,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 	signal(SIGTTOU, sig_pause);
+ 	signal(SIGTTIN, sig_listen);
+ 
+-	if (global.mode & MODE_DAEMON) {
+-		global.mode &= ~MODE_VERBOSE;
+-		global.mode |= MODE_QUIET;
+-	}
+-
+ 	/* MODE_QUIET can inhibit alerts and warnings below this line */
+ 
+ 	global.mode &= ~MODE_STARTING;
+@@ -1061,10 +1056,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 		 * it would have already be done, and 0-2 would have been affected to listening
+ 		 * sockets
+ 		 */
+-		if (!(global.mode & MODE_QUIET)) {
++		if (!(global.mode & MODE_QUIET) || (global.mode & MODE_VERBOSE)) {
+ 			/* detach from the tty */
+ 			fclose(stdin); fclose(stdout); fclose(stderr);
+ 			close(0); close(1); close(2); /* close all fd's */
++			global.mode &= ~MODE_VERBOSE;
+ 			global.mode |= MODE_QUIET; /* ensure that we won't say anything from now */
+ 		}
+ 		pid = getpid(); /* update child's pid */
+-- 
+1.5.5.1
+
diff --git a/haproxy-1.3-mandir.patch b/haproxy-1.3-mandir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3ab648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy-1.3-mandir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From a2b53f8831b84b7c8647d7e960b84defd3bcbfa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy@hinegardner.org>
+Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:29:03 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] [BUILD] fix MANDIR default location to match documentation
+
+I found this while building for Fedora.
+---
+ Makefile |    2 +-
+ 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index bf172f6..eb72de6 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
+ DESTDIR =
+ PREFIX = /usr/local
+ SBINDIR = $(PREFIX)/sbin
+-MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/man
++MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/share/man
+ DOCDIR = $(PREFIX)/doc/haproxy
+ 
+ #### TARGET system
+-- 
+1.5.5.1
+
diff --git a/haproxy.spec b/haproxy.spec
index 6b5ac05..8294ee7 100644
--- a/haproxy.spec
+++ b/haproxy.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Name:           haproxy
 Version:        1.3.15.6
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        HA-Proxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy for high availability environments
 
 Group:          System Environment/Daemons
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ Source0:        http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.3/src/haproxy-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        %{name}.init
 Source2:        %{name}.cfg
 
+# patches from upstream, these will be merged into the next release
+Patch0:         haproxy-1.3-mandir.patch
+Patch1:         haproxy-1.3-error-reporting.patch
+
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  pcre-devel 
 
@@ -41,6 +45,8 @@ availability environments. Indeed, it can:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .mandir
+%patch1 -p1 -b .error-reporting
 
 
 %build
@@ -58,8 +64,8 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} CPU="generic" TARGET="linux26" USE_PCRE=1 ${regparm_opts} A
 
 %install
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
-make install-bin DESTDIR=%{buildroot} PREFIX=%{_prefix} MANDIR=%{_mandir}
-make install-man DESTDIR=%{buildroot} PREFIX=%{_prefix} MANDIR=%{_mandir}
+make install-bin DESTDIR=%{buildroot} PREFIX=%{_prefix}
+make install-man DESTDIR=%{buildroot} PREFIX=%{_prefix}
 
 %{__install} -p -D -m 0755 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_initrddir}/%{name}
 %{__install} -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{haproxy_confdir}/%{name}.cfg
@@ -127,6 +133,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Nov 22 2008 Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy at hinegardner dot org> - 1.3.15.6-2
+- apply upstream patches 
+
 * Sat Nov 15 2008 Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy at hinegardner dot org> - 1.3.15.6-1
 - update to 1.3.15.6
 - use new build targets from upstream