diff --git a/sys-fs/mdadm/files/mdadm-2.6-syslog-updates.patch b/sys-fs/mdadm/files/mdadm-2.6-syslog-updates.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-fs/mdadm/files/mdadm-2.6-syslog-updates.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+--- mdadm-2.4.1/Monitor.c
++++ mdadm-2.4.1/Monitor.c
+@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
+ 			fprintf(stderr, Name ": Monitor using program \"%s\" from config file\n",
+ 			       alert_cmd);
+ 	}
+-	if (scan && !mailaddr && !alert_cmd) {
++	if (scan && !mailaddr && !alert_cmd && !dosyslog) {
+ 		fprintf(stderr, Name ": No mail address or alert command - not monitoring.\n");
+ 		return 1;
+ 	}
+@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
+ {
+ 	int priority;
+ 
+-	if (!cmd && !mailaddr) {
++	if (!cmd && !mailaddr && !dosyslog) {
+ 		time_t now = time(0);
+ 	       
+ 		printf("%1.15s: %s on %s %s\n", ctime(&now)+4, event, dev, disc?disc:"unknown device");
+--- mdadm-2.4.1/ReadMe.c
++++ mdadm-2.4.1/ReadMe.c
+@@ -463,6 +464,7 @@
+ "  --mail=       -m   : Address to mail alerts of failure to\n"
+ "  --program=    -p   : Program to run when an event is detected\n"
+ "  --alert=           : same as --program\n"
++"  --syslog      -y   : Report alerts via syslog\n"
+ "  --delay=      -d   : seconds of delay between polling state. default=60\n"
+ "  --config=     -c   : specify a different config file\n"
+ "  --scan        -s   : find mail-address/program in config file\n"