diff --git a/rsyslog.spec b/rsyslog.spec
index f62dddd..05bd832 100644
--- a/rsyslog.spec
+++ b/rsyslog.spec
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ done
 %changelog
 * Sun Jan 13 2013 Tomas Heinrich <theinric@redhat.com> 7.2.5-1
 - upgrade to upstream version 7.2.5
+- update the compatibility mode in sysconfig file
 
 * Mon Dec 17 2012 Tomas Heinrich <theinric@redhat.com> 7.2.4-2
 - add a condition to disable several subpackages
diff --git a/rsyslog.sysconfig b/rsyslog.sysconfig
index ad9723f..6c89d81 100644
--- a/rsyslog.sysconfig
+++ b/rsyslog.sysconfig
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # Syslogd options are deprecated since rsyslog v3.
 # If you want to use them, switch to compatibility mode 2 by "-c 2"
 # See rsyslogd(8) for more details
-SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-c 5"
+SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-c 7"