diff --git a/net/shorewall-lite/patches/120-LOGFILE.patch b/net/shorewall-lite/patches/120-LOGFILE.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..889a76063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/shorewall-lite/patches/120-LOGFILE.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/shorewall-lite	2009-12-05 22:35:20.000000000 -0500
++++ b/shorewall-lite	2009-12-05 22:35:27.000000000 -0500
+@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
+ 
+     if ( ps ax 2> /dev/null | grep -v grep |  qt grep 'syslogd.*-C' ) ; then
+ 	LOGREAD="logread | tac"
+-    elif [ -f $LOGFILE ]; then
++    elif [ -r $LOGFILE ]; then
+ 	LOGREAD="tac $LOGFILE"
+     else
+ 	echo "LOGFILE ($LOGFILE) does not exist!" >&2
+--- a/shorewall-lite.conf	2009-12-05 22:37:43.000000000 -0500
++++ b/shorewall-lite.conf	2009-12-05 22:37:51.000000000 -0500
+@@ -46,4 +46,6 @@
+ 
+ RESTOREFILE=
+ 
++LOGFILE=/dev/null
++
+ #LAST LINE -- DO NOT REMOVE