diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4dbbcbad4..7053d72f2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
      add the streamlocal* options to ssh's -o list; millert says they're
      irrelevant for scp/sftp;
      ok markus millert
+   - djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2014/07/17 00:10:56
+     [sandbox-systrace.c]
+     ifdef SYS_sendsyslog so this will compile without patching on -stable
 
 20140717
  - (djm) [digest-openssl.c] Preserve array order when disabling digests.
diff --git a/sandbox-systrace.c b/sandbox-systrace.c
index a74dc4f9d..aaa3d8f0a 100644
--- a/sandbox-systrace.c
+++ b/sandbox-systrace.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: sandbox-systrace.c,v 1.12 2014/07/11 08:09:54 deraadt Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: sandbox-systrace.c,v 1.13 2014/07/17 00:10:56 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2011 Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
  *
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ static const struct sandbox_policy preauth_policy[] = {
 	{ SYS___sysctl, SYSTR_POLICY_PERMIT },
 #endif
 
-//	{ SYS_sendsyslog, SYSTR_POLICY_PERMIT },
+#ifdef SYS_sendsyslog
+ 	{ SYS_sendsyslog, SYSTR_POLICY_PERMIT },
+#endif
 	{ SYS_close, SYSTR_POLICY_PERMIT },
 	{ SYS_exit, SYSTR_POLICY_PERMIT },
 	{ SYS_getpid, SYSTR_POLICY_PERMIT },