diff --git a/sysklogd/.md5sum b/sysklogd/.md5sum
index 22a97efe..58f46c54 100644
--- a/sysklogd/.md5sum
+++ b/sysklogd/.md5sum
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-b379693c8b89c99994e58efd49f98a71  rotatelog
+41dfad9077311e159c793216adf90723  rotatelog
 a1bb71ed6b0ce791cb7f9fa0089a09ef  sysklogd
 e053094e8103165f98ddafe828f6ae4b  sysklogd-1.5.tar.gz
 844e5e75944beb8cf4f39a0535e56ba4  syslog
diff --git a/sysklogd/Pkgfile b/sysklogd/Pkgfile
index 9f6181e9..cd76fce4 100644
--- a/sysklogd/Pkgfile
+++ b/sysklogd/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 name=sysklogd
 version=1.5
-release=4
+release=5
 source=(http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/daemons/$name-$version.tar.gz \
         rotatelog syslog syslog.conf sysklogd)
 
diff --git a/sysklogd/rotatelog b/sysklogd/rotatelog
index 7ecb6235..3e790a73 100755
--- a/sysklogd/rotatelog
+++ b/sysklogd/rotatelog
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ fi
 [ -f /var/log/old/$1.3 ] && mv /var/log/old/$1.3 /var/log/old/$1.4
 [ -f /var/log/old/$1.2 ] && mv /var/log/old/$1.2 /var/log/old/$1.3
 [ -f /var/log/old/$1.1 ] && mv /var/log/old/$1.1 /var/log/old/$1.2
-[ -f /var/log/$1 ] && (cp /var/log/$1 /var/log/old/$1.1; echo -n "" > /var/log/$1)
+[ -f /var/log/$1 ] && (cp /var/log/$1 /var/log/old/$1.1 && echo -n "" > /var/log/$1)
 
 # End of file