diff --git a/rsyslog.log b/rsyslog.log
index e4b15af..b101e32 100644
--- a/rsyslog.log
+++ b/rsyslog.log
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
     missingok
     sharedscripts
     postrotate
-	/bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2> /dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true
+        /usr/bin/systemctl kill -s HUP rsyslog.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
     endscript
 }
diff --git a/rsyslog.spec b/rsyslog.spec
index e7b0114..17c02ab 100644
--- a/rsyslog.spec
+++ b/rsyslog.spec
@@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ done
   resolves: rhbz#1205889
 - set the default service umask to 0066
   resolves: rhbz#1228192
+- use systemctl for sending SIGHUP to the service
+  related: rhbz#1224972
 
 * Thu Jun 18 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 8.8.0-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild