diff --git a/logwatch-7.3.6-cron_conf.patch b/logwatch-7.3.6-cron_conf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7a592c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logwatch-7.3.6-cron_conf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -up logwatch-7.3.6/conf/logwatch.conf.pom logwatch-7.3.6/conf/logwatch.conf
+--- logwatch-7.3.6/conf/logwatch.conf.pom	2009-06-25 10:47:22.000000000 +0200
++++ logwatch-7.3.6/conf/logwatch.conf	2009-06-25 10:47:00.000000000 +0200
+@@ -121,4 +121,10 @@ mailer = "sendmail -t"
+ #
+ #HostLimit = Yes
+ 
++# By default the cron daemon generates daily logwatch report
++# if you want to switch it off uncomment DailyReport tag. 
++# The implicit value is Yes
++#
++# DailyReport = No
++
+ # vi: shiftwidth=3 tabstop=3 et
diff --git a/logwatch.spec b/logwatch.spec
index e4a9bb3..7395965 100644
--- a/logwatch.spec
+++ b/logwatch.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A log file analysis program
 Name: logwatch
 Version: 7.3.6
-Release: 43%{?dist}
+Release: 44%{?dist}
 License: MIT
 Group: Applications/System
 URL: http://www.logwatch.org/
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Patch52: logwatch-7.3.6-smartd.patch
 Patch53: logwatch-7.3.6-sshd2.patch
 Patch54: logwatch-7.3.6-exim2.patch
 Patch55: logwatch-7.3.6-removeservice.patch
+Patch56: logwatch-7.3.6-cron_conf.patch
 Requires: textutils sh-utils grep mailx
 Requires: perl(Date::Manip)
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ of the package on many systems.
 %patch53 -p1
 %patch54 -p1
 %patch55 -p1
+%patch56 -p1
 rm -f scripts/services/*.orig
 
 %build
@@ -166,8 +168,20 @@ chmod 644 %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/logwatch/scripts/services/zz-fortune
 chmod 644 %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/logwatch/scripts/services/courier
 chmod 644 %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/logwatch/scripts/services/dpkg
 
+# install cron script
 install -m 0755 -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/cron.daily
-ln -s ../../%{_datadir}/logwatch/scripts/logwatch.pl %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/cron.daily/0logwatch
+cat >  %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/cron.daily/0logwatch <<EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+
+DailyReport=`grep -e "^[[:space:]]*DailyReport[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*" /usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logwatch.conf | head -n1 | sed -e "s|^\s*DailyReport\s*=\s*||"`
+
+if [ $DailyReport != "No" ] && [ $DailyReport != "no" ]
+then
+    logwatch
+fi
+EOF
+chmod 755 %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/cron.daily/0logwatch
+
 install -m 0755 -d %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}
 ln -s ../../%{_datadir}/logwatch/scripts/logwatch.pl %{buildroot}/%{_sbindir}/logwatch
 
@@ -222,6 +236,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %doc License project/CHANGES 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 25 2009 Ivana Varekova <varekova@redhat.com> 7.3.6-44
+- add the possibility to switch of cron job (#493063)
+
 * Mon Jun 15 2009 Ivana Varekova <varekova@redhat.com> 7.3.6-43
 - fix removeservice script - to decrease the number of 
   perl instances running simultaneously