diff -up rsyslog-5.8.7/doc/rsyslog_conf_templates.html.orig rsyslog-5.8.7/doc/rsyslog_conf_templates.html
--- rsyslog-5.8.7/doc/rsyslog_conf_templates.html.orig	2012-01-20 14:04:54.976086070 +0100
+++ rsyslog-5.8.7/doc/rsyslog_conf_templates.html	2012-01-20 14:06:35.890817529 +0100
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ with high-precision timestamps and timez
 useful if you send messages to other syslogd's or rsyslogd
 below
 version 3.12.5.</li>
+<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">RSYSLOG_SysklogdFileFormat</span>
+- sysklogd compatible log file format. If used with options: $SpaceLFOnReceive on;
+$EscapeControlCharactersOnReceive off; $DropTrailingLFOnReception off,
+the log format will conform to sysklogd log format.</li>
 <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">RSYSLOG_ForwardFormat</span>
 - a new high-precision forwarding format very similar to the
 traditional one, but with high-precision timestamps and timezone
diff -up rsyslog-5.8.7/tools/syslogd.c.orig rsyslog-5.8.7/tools/syslogd.c
--- rsyslog-5.8.7/tools/syslogd.c.orig	2012-01-20 14:05:04.985960243 +0100
+++ rsyslog-5.8.7/tools/syslogd.c	2012-01-20 14:11:20.527239529 +0100
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ static uchar template_StdUsrMsgFmt[] = "
 static uchar template_StdDBFmt[] = "\"insert into SystemEvents (Message, Facility, FromHost, Priority, DeviceReportedTime, ReceivedAt, InfoUnitID, SysLogTag) values ('%msg%', %syslogfacility%, '%HOSTNAME%', %syslogpriority%, '%timereported:::date-mysql%', '%timegenerated:::date-mysql%', %iut%, '%syslogtag%')\",SQL";
 static uchar template_StdPgSQLFmt[] = "\"insert into SystemEvents (Message, Facility, FromHost, Priority, DeviceReportedTime, ReceivedAt, InfoUnitID, SysLogTag) values ('%msg%', %syslogfacility%, '%HOSTNAME%', %syslogpriority%, '%timereported:::date-pgsql%', '%timegenerated:::date-pgsql%', %iut%, '%syslogtag%')\",STDSQL";
 static uchar template_spoofadr[] = "\"%fromhost-ip%\"";
+static uchar template_SysklogdFileFormat[] = "\"%TIMESTAMP% %HOSTNAME% %syslogtag%%msg:::sp-if-no-1st-sp%%msg%\n\"";
 /* end templates */
 
 
@@ -2171,6 +2172,8 @@ static rsRetVal mainThread()
 	tplAddLine(" StdUsrMsgFmt", &pTmp);
 	pTmp = template_StdDBFmt;
 	tplAddLine(" StdDBFmt", &pTmp);
+	pTmp = template_SysklogdFileFormat;
+	tplAddLine("RSYSLOG_SysklogdFileFormat", &pTmp);
         pTmp = template_StdPgSQLFmt;
         tplAddLine(" StdPgSQLFmt", &pTmp);
         pTmp = template_spoofadr;