diff --git a/fail2ban-0.8.3-inodecheck.patch b/fail2ban-0.8.3-inodecheck.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3938c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fail2ban-0.8.3-inodecheck.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+--- fail2ban-0.8.3/server/filter.py.inodecheck	2009-08-27 20:50:22.000000000 +0200
++++ fail2ban-0.8.3/server/filter.py	2009-08-27 20:50:22.000000000 +0200
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
+ from mytime import MyTime
+ from failregex import FailRegex, Regex, RegexException
+ 
+-import logging, re
++import logging, re, os
+ 
+ # Gets the instance of the logger.
+ logSys = logging.getLogger("fail2ban.filter")
+@@ -438,6 +438,8 @@
+ 		self.__handler = None
+ 		# Try to open the file. Raises an exception if an error occured.
+ 		handler = open(filename)
++		stats = os.fstat(handler.fileno())
++		self.__ino = stats.st_ino
+ 		try:
+ 			firstLine = handler.readline()
+ 			# Computes the MD5 of the first line.
+@@ -464,10 +466,12 @@
+ 		firstLine = self.__handler.readline()
+ 		# Computes the MD5 of the first line.
+ 		myHash = md5.new(firstLine).digest()
+-		# Compare hash.
+-		if not self.__hash == myHash:
++		stats = os.fstat(self.__handler.fileno())
++		# Compare hash and inode
++		if self.__hash != myHash or self.__ino != stats.st_ino:
+ 			logSys.info("Log rotation detected for %s" % self.__filename)
+ 			self.__hash = myHash
++			self.__ino = stats.st_ino
+ 			self.__pos = 0
+ 		# Sets the file pointer to the last position.
+ 		self.__handler.seek(self.__pos)
diff --git a/fail2ban-0.8.3-log2syslog.patch b/fail2ban-0.8.3-log2syslog.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ee11f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fail2ban-0.8.3-log2syslog.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- fail2ban-0.8.3/config/fail2ban.conf~	2008-02-27 22:44:55.000000000 +0100
++++ fail2ban-0.8.3/config/fail2ban.conf	2009-08-27 20:48:25.000000000 +0200
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+ #          Only one log target can be specified.
+ # Values:  STDOUT STDERR SYSLOG file  Default:  /var/log/fail2ban.log
+ #
+-logtarget = /var/log/fail2ban.log
++logtarget = SYSLOG
+ 
+ # Option: socket
+ # Notes.: Set the socket file. This is used to communicate with the daemon. Do
diff --git a/fail2ban-logrotate b/fail2ban-logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d7a6c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fail2ban-logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/var/log/fail2ban.log {
+    missingok
+    notifempty
+    size 30k
+    create 0600 root root
+    postrotate
+        /usr/bin/fail2ban-client set logtarget SYSLOG 2> /dev/null || true
+    endscript
+}
diff --git a/fail2ban.spec b/fail2ban.spec
index 4327710..bb9dd2c 100644
--- a/fail2ban.spec
+++ b/fail2ban.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: Ban IPs that make too many password failures
 Name: fail2ban
 Version: 0.8.3
-Release: 20%{?dist}
+Release: 21%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
 URL: http://fail2ban.sourceforge.net/
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Patch1: fail2ban-0.8.1-sshd.patch
 #Patch2: fail2ban-0.8.1-sock.patch
 Patch3: fail2ban-0.8.2-fd_cloexec.patch
 Patch4: 0001-BF-anchoring-regex-for-IP-with-at-the-end.patch
+Patch5: fail2ban-0.8.3-inodecheck.patch
+Patch6: fail2ban-0.8.3-log2syslog.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 BuildRequires: python-devel >= 2.3
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ failures. It updates firewall rules to reject the IP address.
 #patch2 -p1 -b .sock
 %patch3 -p1 -b .fd_cloexec
 %patch4 -p1 -b .CVE-2009-0362
+%patch5 -p1 -b .inodecheck
+%patch6 -p1 -b .log2syslog
 
 %build
 python setup.py build
@@ -84,11 +88,9 @@ fi
 %dir %{_localstatedir}/run/fail2ban
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Jul 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.3-20
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Feb 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.3-19
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
+* Thu Aug 27 2009 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@ATrpms.net> - 0.8.3-21
+- Log to syslog (RH bug #491983). Also deals with RH bug #515116.
+- Check inodes of log files (RH bug #503852).
 
 * Sat Feb 14 2009 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@ATrpms.net> - 0.8.3-18
 - Fix CVE-2009-0362 (Fedora bugs #485461, #485464, #485465, #485466).
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2ff5ed3..6a75478 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-1c87078f2c50497951ec46583020d723  fail2ban-logrotate
 b438d7e2ce77a469fb0cca2a5cc0b81c  fail2ban-0.8.3.tar.bz2