diff --git a/httpd-2.4.3-apctl-systemd.patch b/httpd-2.4.3-apctl-systemd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..013202a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/httpd-2.4.3-apctl-systemd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+diff --git a/support/apachectl.in b/support/apachectl.in
+index c6ac3ea..2599386 100644
+--- a/support/apachectl.in
++++ b/support/apachectl.in
+@@ -100,9 +100,24 @@ fi
+ ERROR=$?
+ }
+ 
++if [ "x$2" != "x" ] ; then
++    echo Passing arguments to httpd using apachectl is no longer supported.
++    echo You can only start/stop/restart httpd using this script.
++    echo If you want to pass extra arguments to httpd, edit
++    echo /etc/sysconfig/httpd config file.
++fi
++
+ case $ACMD in
+-start|stop|restart|graceful|graceful-stop)
+-    $HTTPD $OPTIONS -k $ARGV
++start|stop|restart|status)
++    /usr/bin/systemctl $ACMD httpd.service
++    ERROR=$?
++    ;;
++graceful)
++    /usr/bin/systemctl restart httpd.service
++    ERROR=$?
++    ;;
++graceful-stop)
++    /usr/bin/systemctl stop httpd.service
+     ERROR=$?
+     ;;
+ startssl|sslstart|start-SSL)
+@@ -114,10 +129,6 @@ startssl|sslstart|start-SSL)
+ configtest)
+     testconfig
+     ;;
+-status)
+-    checklynx
+-    $LYNX $STATUSURL | awk ' /process$/ { print; exit } { print } '
+-    ;;
+ fullstatus)
+     checklynx
+     $LYNX $STATUSURL
diff --git a/httpd-2.4.3-mod_systemd.patch b/httpd-2.4.3-mod_systemd.patch
index 701234e..a9b1fd9 100644
--- a/httpd-2.4.3-mod_systemd.patch
+++ b/httpd-2.4.3-mod_systemd.patch
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 +APACHE_MODULE(systemd, Systemd support, , , $unixd_mods_enabled, [
 +  AC_CHECK_LIB(systemd-daemon, sd_notify, SYSTEMD_LIBS="-lsystemd-daemon")
 +  AC_CHECK_HEADERS(systemd/sd-daemon.h, [ap_HAVE_SD_DAEMON_H="yes"], [ap_HAVE_SD_DAEMON_H="no"])
-+  if test $ap_HAVE_SD_DAEMON_H = "no" || test -z "${LUA_LIBS}"; then
++  if test $ap_HAVE_SD_DAEMON_H = "no" || test -z "${SYSTEMD_LIBS}"; then
 +    AC_MSG_WARN([Your system does not support systemd.])
 +    enable_systemd="no"
 +  else
diff --git a/httpd.spec b/httpd.spec
index 4ebd149..67274ef 100644
--- a/httpd.spec
+++ b/httpd.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Summary: Apache HTTP Server
 Name: httpd
 Version: 2.4.3
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 URL: http://httpd.apache.org/
 Source0: http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/httpd-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1: index.html
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Patch1: httpd-2.4.1-apctl.patch
 Patch2: httpd-2.4.3-apxs.patch
 Patch3: httpd-2.4.1-deplibs.patch
 Patch5: httpd-2.4.3-layout.patch
+Patch6: httpd-2.4.3-apctl-systemd.patch
 # Features/functional changes
 Patch20: httpd-2.4.3-release.patch
 Patch23: httpd-2.4.1-export.patch
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ authentication to the Apache HTTP Server.
 %patch2 -p1 -b .apxs
 %patch3 -p1 -b .deplibs
 %patch5 -p1 -b .layout
+%patch6 -p1 -b .apctlsystemd
 
 %patch23 -p1 -b .export
 %patch24 -p1 -b .corelimit
@@ -580,6 +582,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.httpd
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 01 2012 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza@redhat.com> - 2.4.3-6
+- use systemctl from apachectl (#842736)
+
 * Wed Sep 19 2012 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 2.4.3-5
 - fix some error log spam with graceful-stop (r1387633)
 - minor mod_systemd tweaks