diff --git a/srcpkgs/systemd/patches/0001-tmpfiles-fix-parsing-of-proc-net-unix-on-32Bit-machi.patch b/srcpkgs/systemd/patches/0001-tmpfiles-fix-parsing-of-proc-net-unix-on-32Bit-machi.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21050008ee3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/systemd/patches/0001-tmpfiles-fix-parsing-of-proc-net-unix-on-32Bit-machi.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+From fdcad0c25579a60061b1fda956686e878a80faef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
+Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:07:35 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] tmpfiles: fix parsing of /proc/net/unix on 32Bit machines
+
+Tracked down by Michael Meeks
+---
+ src/tmpfiles.c |   30 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
+ 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/tmpfiles.c b/src/tmpfiles.c
+index 19a7c08..44e5c9d 100644
+--- a/src/tmpfiles.c
++++ b/src/tmpfiles.c
+@@ -117,41 +117,50 @@ static void load_unix_sockets(void) {
+         /* We maintain a cache of the sockets we found in
+          * /proc/net/unix to speed things up a little. */
+
+-        if (!(unix_sockets = set_new(string_hash_func, string_compare_func)))
++        unix_sockets = set_new(string_hash_func, string_compare_func);
++        if (!unix_sockets)
+                 return;
+
+-        if (!(f = fopen("/proc/net/unix", "re")))
++        f = fopen("/proc/net/unix", "re");
++        if (!f)
+                 return;
+
+-        if (!(fgets(line, sizeof(line), f)))
++        /* Skip header */
++        if (!fgets(line, sizeof(line), f))
+                 goto fail;
+
+         for (;;) {
+                 char *p, *s;
+                 int k;
+
+-                if (!(fgets(line, sizeof(line), f)))
++                if (!fgets(line, sizeof(line), f))
+                         break;
+
+                 truncate_nl(line);
+
+-                if (strlen(line) < 53)
++                p = strchr(line, ':');
++                if (!p)
++                        continue;
++
++                if (strlen(p) < 37)
+                         continue;
+
+-                p = line + 53;
++                p += 37;
+                 p += strspn(p, WHITESPACE);
+-                p += strcspn(p, WHITESPACE);
++                p += strcspn(p, WHITESPACE); /* skip one more word */
+                 p += strspn(p, WHITESPACE);
+
+                 if (*p != '/')
+                         continue;
+
+-                if (!(s = strdup(p)))
++                s = strdup(p);
++                if (!s)
+                         goto fail;
+
+                 path_kill_slashes(s);
+
+-                if ((k = set_put(unix_sockets, s)) < 0) {
++                k = set_put(unix_sockets, s);
++                if (k < 0) {
+                         free(s);
+
+                         if (k != -EEXIST)
+@@ -1059,7 +1068,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+         Item *i;
+         Iterator iterator;
+
+-        if ((r = parse_argv(argc, argv)) <= 0)
++        r = parse_argv(argc, argv);
++        if (r <= 0)
+                 return r < 0 ? EXIT_FAILURE : EXIT_SUCCESS;
+
+         log_set_target(LOG_TARGET_AUTO);
+--
+1.7.8.3
diff --git a/srcpkgs/systemd/patches/0001-units-make-sure-syslog-socket-goes-away-early-during.patch b/srcpkgs/systemd/patches/0001-units-make-sure-syslog-socket-goes-away-early-during.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..56d92417633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/systemd/patches/0001-units-make-sure-syslog-socket-goes-away-early-during.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From ead51eb4ed55981f290e40a871ffbca6480c4cd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
+Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:34:50 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] units: make sure syslog socket goes away early during
+ shutdown
+
+---
+ units/syslog.socket |    2 ++
+ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/units/syslog.socket b/units/syslog.socket
+index 323fa86..657e791 100644
+--- a/units/syslog.socket
++++ b/units/syslog.socket
+@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
+ Description=Syslog Socket
+ DefaultDependencies=no
+ Before=sockets.target syslog.target
++Conflicts=shutdown.target
++Before=shutdown.target
+
+ # Pull in syslog.target to tell people that /dev/log is now accessible
+ Wants=syslog.target
+--
+1.7.8.3
diff --git a/srcpkgs/systemd/template b/srcpkgs/systemd/template
index f32ff42dc13..f99298e3e31 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/systemd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/systemd/template
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'systemd'
 pkgname=systemd
 version=38
+revision=1
+patch_args="-Np1"
 distfiles="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-distro=other --with-rootprefix=