diff --git a/logrotate-3.7.8-devnull.patch b/logrotate-3.7.8-devnull.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b39a1ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logrotate-3.7.8-devnull.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -up logrotate-3.7.8/examples/logrotate.cron.devnull logrotate-3.7.8/examples/logrotate.cron
+--- logrotate-3.7.8/examples/logrotate.cron.devnull	2009-09-17 11:29:19.000000000 +0200
++++ logrotate-3.7.8/examples/logrotate.cron	2009-09-17 11:29:40.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ #!/bin/sh
+ 
+-/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
++/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf >/dev/null 2>&1
+ EXITVALUE=$?
+ if [ $EXITVALUE != 0 ]; then
+     /usr/bin/logger -t logrotate "ALERT exited abnormally with [$EXITVALUE]"
diff --git a/logrotate.spec b/logrotate.spec
index ae02f96..f078a49 100644
--- a/logrotate.spec
+++ b/logrotate.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Summary: Rotates, compresses, removes and mails system log files
 Name: logrotate
 Version: 3.7.8
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: GPL+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Source: https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/o/logrotate/logrotate-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch1: logrotate-3.7.7-curdir2.patch
 Patch2: logrotate-3.7.7-toolarge.patch
+Patch3: logrotate-3.7.8-devnull.patch
 
 Requires: coreutils >= 5.92 libsepol libselinux popt
 BuildRequires: libselinux-devel popt-devel
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ log files on your system.
 %setup -q
 %patch1 -p1 -b .curdir
 %patch2 -p1 -b .toolarge
+%patch3 -p1 -b .devnull
 
 %build
 make %{?_smp_mflags} RPM_OPT_FLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" WITH_SELINUX=yes
@@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %attr(0644, root, root) %verify(not size md5 mtime) %config(noreplace) %{_localstatedir}/lib/logrotate.status
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Dec 01 2009 Daniel Novotny <dnovotny@redhat.com> 3.7.8-3
+- fix #542538 -  logrotate seems to hang every few days.
+
 * Wed Feb 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 3.7.8-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild