diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 69698457e..828478050 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  - (djm) Patch from Pekka Savola <Pekka.Savola@netcore.fi> to include a few
    more manpage paths in fixpaths calls
  - (djm) Also add xauth path at Pekka's suggestion.
+ - (djm) Add Redhat RPM patch for AUTHPRIV SyslogFacility
 
 20001125
  - (djm) Give up privs when reading seed file
diff --git a/log-server.c b/log-server.c
index de3d5cfeb..943c31417 100644
--- a/log-server.c
+++ b/log-server.c
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ log_init(char *av0, LogLevel level, SyslogFacility facility, int on_stderr)
 	case SYSLOG_FACILITY_AUTH:
 		log_facility = LOG_AUTH;
 		break;
+#ifdef LOG_AUTHPRIV
+	case SYSLOG_FACILITY_AUTHPRIV:
+		log_facility = LOG_AUTHPRIV;
+		break;
+#endif
 	case SYSLOG_FACILITY_LOCAL0:
 		log_facility = LOG_LOCAL0;
 		break;
diff --git a/log.c b/log.c
index ce89c59ba..e75c6c46f 100644
--- a/log.c
+++ b/log.c
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ static struct {
 	{ "DAEMON",	SYSLOG_FACILITY_DAEMON },
 	{ "USER",	SYSLOG_FACILITY_USER },
 	{ "AUTH",	SYSLOG_FACILITY_AUTH },
+#ifdef LOG_AUTHPRIV
+	{ "AUTHPRIV",	SYSLOG_FACILITY_AUTHPRIV },
+#endif
 	{ "LOCAL0",	SYSLOG_FACILITY_LOCAL0 },
 	{ "LOCAL1",	SYSLOG_FACILITY_LOCAL1 },
 	{ "LOCAL2",	SYSLOG_FACILITY_LOCAL2 },
diff --git a/ssh.h b/ssh.h
index bb103fe4d..2c2afd5a0 100644
--- a/ssh.h
+++ b/ssh.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h> /* For struct sockaddr_in */
 #include <pwd.h> /* For struct pw */
 #include <stdarg.h> /* For va_list */
+#include <syslog.h> /* For LOG_AUTH and friends */
 #include <sys/socket.h> /* For struct sockaddr_storage */
 #include "fake-socket.h" /* For struct sockaddr_storage */
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H
@@ -427,6 +428,9 @@ typedef enum {
 	SYSLOG_FACILITY_DAEMON,
 	SYSLOG_FACILITY_USER,
 	SYSLOG_FACILITY_AUTH,
+#ifdef LOG_AUTHPRIV
+	SYSLOG_FACILITY_AUTHPRIV,
+#endif
 	SYSLOG_FACILITY_LOCAL0,
 	SYSLOG_FACILITY_LOCAL1,
 	SYSLOG_FACILITY_LOCAL2,
diff --git a/sshd_config b/sshd_config
index f368b97ac..357c42502 100644
--- a/sshd_config
+++ b/sshd_config
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PrintMotd yes
 KeepAlive yes
 
 # Logging
-SyslogFacility AUTH
+SyslogFacility AUTHPRIV
 LogLevel INFO
 #obsoletes QuietMode and FascistLogging