diff -up shadow-4.1.0/src/useradd.c.lOption shadow-4.1.0/src/useradd.c
--- shadow-4.1.0/src/useradd.c.lOption	2007-12-12 14:03:22.000000000 +0100
+++ shadow-4.1.0/src/useradd.c	2007-12-12 14:08:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ static int
     Gflg = 0,			/* secondary group set for new account */
     kflg = 0,			/* specify a directory to fill new user directory */
     mflg = 0,			/* create user's home directory if it doesn't exist */
+    lflg = 0,      		/* do not add user to lastlog database file */
     Mflg = 0,                   /* do NOT create user's home directory no matter what */
     nflg = 0,                   /* do NOT create a group having the same name as the user */
     oflg = 0,			/* permit non-unique user ID to be specified with -u */
@@ -634,8 +635,9 @@ static void usage (void)
 			   "  -K, --key KEY=VALUE           overrides /etc/login.defs defaults\n"
 			   "  -m, --create-home             create home directory for the new user\n"
 			   "                                account\n"
-                           "  -M,                       do not create user's home directory(overrides /etc/login.defs)\n"
-                           "  -r,                       create system account\n"
+                           "  -l,                           do not add user to lastlog database file\n"
+                           "  -M,                           do not create user's home directory(overrides /etc/login.defs)\n"
+                           "  -r,                           create system account\n"
 			   "  -o, --non-unique              allow create user with duplicate\n"
 			   "                                (non-unique) UID\n"
 			   "  -p, --password PASSWORD       use encrypted password for the new user\n"
@@ -1032,7 +1034,7 @@ static void process_flags (int argc, cha
 			{NULL, 0, NULL, '\0'}
 		};
 		while ((c =
-			getopt_long (argc, argv, "b:c:d:De:f:g:G:k:K:mMnrop:s:u:",
+			getopt_long (argc, argv, "b:c:d:De:f:g:G:k:K:mlMnrop:s:u:",
 				     long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
 			switch (c) {
 			case 'b':
@@ -1169,6 +1171,9 @@ static void process_flags (int argc, cha
 			case 'm':
 				mflg++;
 				break;
+			case 'l':
+	                        lflg++;
+                        	break;
 			case 'o':
 				oflg++;
 				break;
@@ -1538,7 +1543,7 @@ static void usr_update (void)
 	 * are left unchanged).  --marekm
 	 */
 	/* local, no need for xgetpwuid */
-	if (!getpwuid (user_id)) {
+	if (!getpwuid (user_id) && !lflg) {
 		faillog_reset (user_id);
 		lastlog_reset (user_id);
 	}
diff -up shadow-4.1.0/man/useradd.8.lOption shadow-4.1.0/man/useradd.8
--- shadow-4.1.0/man/useradd.8.lOption	2007-12-12 14:03:22.000000000 +0100
+++ shadow-4.1.0/man/useradd.8	2007-12-12 14:06:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ option is not used,
 must exist\.
 .RE
 .PP
+\fB-l\fR
+.RS 4
+Do not add the user to the last login log file. This is an option added by Red Hat.
+.RE
+.PP
 \fB\-D\fR
 .RS 4
 See below, the subsection "Changing the default values"\.