diff -up rsyslog-5.7.9/rsyslog.service.in.orig rsyslog-5.7.9/rsyslog.service.in
--- rsyslog-5.7.9/rsyslog.service.in.orig	2011-03-18 18:05:58.760693398 +0100
+++ rsyslog-5.7.9/rsyslog.service.in	2011-03-18 18:07:20.131691458 +0100
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 Description=System Logging Service
 
 [Service]
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/rsyslog
 ExecStartPre=/bin/systemctl stop systemd-kmsg-syslogd.service
-ExecStart=@sbindir@/rsyslogd -n -c5
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/rsyslogd -n $SYSLOGD_OPTIONS
 Sockets=syslog.socket
 
 [Install]