diff --git a/base/rsyslog/0001-rsyslog-5.8.0-zlib-link.patch b/base/rsyslog/0001-rsyslog-5.8.0-zlib-link.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80fea15e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/rsyslog/0001-rsyslog-5.8.0-zlib-link.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../rsyslog/0001-rsyslog-5.8.0-zlib-link.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2011 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+--- rsyslog-5.8.0/runtime/Makefile.am.orig	2011-04-26 18:03:18.068077824 +0200
++++ rsyslog-5.8.0/runtime/Makefile.am	2011-04-26 18:25:20.280077820 +0200
+@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
+ librsyslog_la_CPPFLAGS = -DSD_EXPORT_SYMBOLS -D_PATH_MODDIR=\"$(pkglibdir)/\" -I$(top_srcdir) $(PTHREADS_CFLAGS)
+ endif
+ #librsyslog_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version
+-librsyslog_la_LIBADD =  $(DL_LIBS) $(RT_LIBS)
++librsyslog_la_LIBADD =  $(DL_LIBS) $(RT_LIBS) $(ZLIB_LIBS)
+ 
+ #
+ # regular expression support
diff --git a/base/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf b/base/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07a2331bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2011 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+# we patch 'runtime/Makefile.am'
+hook_add preconf 9 'autoreconf -vf'
diff --git a/base/rsyslog/rsyslog.desc b/base/rsyslog/rsyslog.desc
index 1705a6b59..8e8bd7fd1 100644
--- a/base/rsyslog/rsyslog.desc
+++ b/base/rsyslog/rsyslog.desc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Beta
-[V] 3.22.3
+[V] 5.8.0
 [P] X -----5---9 187.000
 
-[D] 3078444724 rsyslog-3.22.3.tar.gz http://www.rsyslog.com/files/download/rsyslog/
+[D] 224190384 rsyslog-5.8.0.tar.gz http://www.rsyslog.com/files/download/rsyslog/