diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8fdf8fd..e566eb7 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.4.2
+
+ . klogd will reconnect to the logger (mostly syslogd) after it went
+   away.
+
 Version 1.4.1
 
  . klogd will set the console log level only if `-c' is given on the
@@ -31,3 +36,9 @@ Version 1.4
    - Remove Unix Domain Sockets and switch to Datagram Unix Sockets
  . Several bugfixes and improvements, please refer to the .c files
 
+
+Local variables:
+mode: indented-text
+mode: iso-accents
+fill-column: 72
+End:
diff --git a/syslog.c b/syslog.c
index 366635b..bdb3ff2 100644
--- a/syslog.c
+++ b/syslog.c
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ static char sccsid[] = "@(#)syslog.c	5.28 (Berkeley) 6/27/90";
  * Sun Mar 11 20:23:44 CET 2001: Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.ffis.de>
  *	Use SOCK_DGRAM for loggin, renables it to work.	
  *
+ * Wed Aug 27 17:48:16 CEST 2003: Martin Schulze <joey@Infodrom.org>
+ *	Improved patch by Michael Pomraning <mjp@securepipe.com> to
+ *	reconnect klogd to the logger after it went away.
  */
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -97,7 +100,8 @@ vsyslog(pri, fmt, ap)
 	register int cnt;
 	register char *p;
 	time_t now;
-	int fd, r, saved_errno;
+	int fd, saved_errno;
+	int result;
 	char tbuf[2048], fmt_cpy[1024], *stdp = (char *) 0;
 
 	saved_errno = errno;
@@ -167,13 +171,16 @@ vsyslog(pri, fmt, ap)
 	}
 
 	/* output the message to the local logger */
-	r = write(LogFile, tbuf, cnt + 1);
+	result = write(LogFile, tbuf, cnt + 1);
 
-	if (r == -1 && (errno == ECONNRESET || errno == ENOTCONN)) {
+	if (result == -1
+	    && (errno == ECONNRESET || errno == ENOTCONN || errno == ECONNREFUSED)) {
 		closelog();
+		openlog(LogTag, LogStat | LOG_NDELAY, LogFacility);
+		result = write(LogFile, tbuf, cnt + 1);
 	}
 
-	if (r >= 0 || !(LogStat&LOG_CONS))
+	if (result >= 0 || !(LogStat&LOG_CONS))
 		return;
 
 	/*