diff --git a/libqb.spec.in b/libqb.spec.in
index 43cb060..3cc7c67 100644
--- a/libqb.spec.in
+++ b/libqb.spec.in
@@ -1,66 +1,69 @@
+%bcond_without syslog_tests
+
 %global alphatag @alphatag@
 %global numcomm @numcomm@
 %global dirty @dirty@
 
 Name:           libqb
 Version:        @version@
 Release:        1%{?numcomm:.%{numcomm}}%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dirty:.%{dirty}}%{?dist}
 Summary:        An IPC library for high performance servers
 
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            https://github.com/ClusterLabs/libqb
 Source0:        https://fedorahosted.org/releases/q/u/quarterback/%{name}-%{version}%{?numcomm:.%{numcomm}}%{?alphatag:-%{alphatag}}%{?dirty:-%{dirty}}.tar.gz
 
 BuildRequires:  autoconf automake libtool doxygen procps check-devel
 
 %description
 libqb provides high-performance, reusable features for client-server
 architecture, such as logging, tracing, inter-process communication (IPC),
 and polling.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}%{?numcomm:.%{numcomm}}%{?alphatag:-%{alphatag}}%{?dirty:-%{dirty}}
 
 %build
 ./autogen.sh
-%configure --disable-static
+%configure --disable-static \
+           %{?with_syslog_tests:--enable-syslog-tests}
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %check
 make check
 
 %install
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/doc/libqb
 
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
 %doc COPYING
 %{_sbindir}/qb-blackbox
 %{_libdir}/libqb.so.*
 
 %package        devel
 Summary:        Development files for %{name}
 Group:          Development/Libraries
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release} pkgconfig
 
 %description    devel
 The %{name}-devel package contains libraries and header files for
 developing applications that use %{name}.
 
 %files devel
 %doc COPYING README.markdown
 %{_includedir}/qb/
 %{_libdir}/libqb.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libqb.pc
 %{_mandir}/man3/qb*3*
 %{_mandir}/man8/qb-blackbox.8.gz
 
 %changelog
 * @date@ Autotools generated version <nobody@nowhere.org> - @version@-1-@numcomm@.@alphatag@.@dirty@
 - Autotools generated version
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 807ae2e..3b8a150 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -1,166 +1,166 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2010 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
 # Authors: Angus Salkeld <asalkeld@redhat.com>
 #
 # This file is part of libqb.
 #
 # libqb is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 # the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License, or
 # (at your option) any later version.
 #
 # libqb is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 # along with libqb.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
 EXTRA_DIST =
 CLEANFILES =
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 
 noinst_PROGRAMS = bmc bmcpt bms rbwriter rbreader loop bench-log \
 	auto_check_header_qbarray auto_check_header_qbconfig auto_check_header_qbhdb \
 	auto_check_header_qbipc_common auto_check_header_qblist auto_check_header_qbloop \
 	auto_check_header_qbrb auto_check_header_qbatomic auto_check_header_qbdefs \
 	auto_check_header_qbipcc auto_check_header_qbipcs auto_check_header_qblog \
 	auto_check_header_qbmap auto_check_header_qbutil format_compare_speed
 
 format_compare_speed_SOURCES = format_compare_speed.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qbutil.h
 format_compare_speed_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la
 
 bmc_SOURCES = bmc.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qbipcc.h
 bmc_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la
 
 bmcpt_SOURCES = bmcpt.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qbipcc.h
 bmcpt_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la
 
 bms_SOURCES = bms.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qbipcs.h
 bms_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include $(GLIB_CFLAGS)
 bms_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la $(GLIB_LIBS)
 
 rbwriter_SOURCES = rbwriter.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qbrb.h
 rbwriter_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la
 
 rbreader_SOURCES = rbreader.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qbrb.h
 rbreader_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la
 
 loop_SOURCES = loop.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qbloop.h
 loop_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la
 
 public_headers = $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/include/qb/qb*.h)
 auto_c_files = $(patsubst %.h,auto_check_header_%.c,$(public_headers))
 CLEANFILES += $(auto_c_files)
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES += $(auto_c_files)
 
 #
 # The qbconfig.h file is generated from qbconfig.h.in into the build directory tree.
 # We have to have a separate rule for generating the auto_check_header_ source here.
 #
 $(builddir)/auto_check_header_qbconfig.c: $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qbconfig.h
 	@name=$$(echo "$<" | sed  "s|.*qb/qb||" | sed "s|\.h||") ;\
 	NAME=$$(echo $$name | tr [:lower:] [:upper:]) ;\
 	echo "#include <qb/qb$$name.h>" > $@_ ;\
 	echo "#ifndef QB_$${NAME}_H_DEFINED" >> $@_ ;\
 	echo "#error no header protector in file qb$$name.h" >> $@_ ;\
 	echo "#endif" >> $@_ ;\
 	echo "int main(void) {return 0;}" >> $@_
 	$(AM_V_GEN)mv $@_ $@
 
 $(builddir)/auto_check_header_%.c: $(top_srcdir)/include/qb/%.h
 	@name=$$(echo "$<" | sed  "s|.*qb/qb||" | sed "s|\.h||") ;\
 	NAME=$$(echo $$name | tr [:lower:] [:upper:]) ;\
 	echo "#include <qb/qb$$name.h>" > $@_ ;\
 	echo "#ifndef QB_$${NAME}_H_DEFINED" >> $@_ ;\
 	echo "#error no header protector in file qb$$name.h" >> $@_ ;\
 	echo "#endif" >> $@_ ;\
 	echo "int main(void) {return 0;}" >> $@_
 	$(AM_V_GEN)mv $@_ $@
 
 distclean-compile:
 	rm -rf auto_*.c
 
 if HAVE_DICT_WORDS
 if HAVE_SLOW_TESTS
 EXTRA_DIST += make-log-test.sh
 CLEANFILES += auto_write_logs.c
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES += auto_write_logs.c
 
 nodist_bench_log_SOURCES = auto_write_logs.c
 
 bench_log: auto_write_logs.c
 $(builddir)/auto_write_logs.c: make-log-test.sh
 	$(srcdir)/make-log-test.sh > $(builddir)/write_logs-tmp.c
 	$(AM_V_GEN)mv $(builddir)/write_logs-tmp.c $(builddir)/auto_write_logs.c
 endif
 endif
 
 bench_log_SOURCES = bench-log.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qblog.h
 bench_log_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 bench_log_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la
 
 if HAVE_CHECK
 EXTRA_DIST += resources.test
 EXTRA_DIST += blackbox-segfault.sh
 
 TESTS = array.test map.test rb.test log.test blackbox-segfault.sh loop.test ipc.test resources.test
 
 resources.log: rb.log log.log ipc.log
 
 check_PROGRAMS = array.test map.test rb.test log.test loop.test ipc.test util.test crash_test_dummy file_change_bytes
 check_SCRIPTS = resources.test blackbox-segfault.sh
 
 if HAVE_SLOW_TESTS
 TESTS += util.test
 check_PROGRAMS += util.test
 endif
 
 file_change_bytes_SOURCES = file_change_bytes.c
 
 crash_test_dummy_SOURCES = crash_test_dummy.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qblog.h
 crash_test_dummy_CFLAGS = @CHECK_CFLAGS@ -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 crash_test_dummy_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la @CHECK_LIBS@
 
 array_test_SOURCES = check_array.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qbarray.h
 array_test_CFLAGS = @CHECK_CFLAGS@ -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 array_test_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la @CHECK_LIBS@
 
 map_test_SOURCES = check_map.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qbmap.h
 map_test_CFLAGS = @CHECK_CFLAGS@ -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 map_test_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la @CHECK_LIBS@
 
 rb_test_SOURCES = check_rb.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qbrb.h
 rb_test_CFLAGS = @CHECK_CFLAGS@ -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 rb_test_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la @CHECK_LIBS@
 
 loop_test_SOURCES = check_loop.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qbloop.h
 loop_test_CFLAGS = @CHECK_CFLAGS@ -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 loop_test_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la @CHECK_LIBS@
 
 ipc_test_SOURCES = check_ipc.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qbipcc.h $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qbipcs.h
 ipc_test_CFLAGS = @CHECK_CFLAGS@ -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 ipc_test_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la @CHECK_LIBS@
 
 log_test_SOURCES = check_log.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qblog.h
 log_test_CFLAGS = @CHECK_CFLAGS@ -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 log_test_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la @CHECK_LIBS@
 if HAVE_SYSLOG_TESTS
 log_test_LDADD += _syslog_override.la
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = _syslog_override.la
-_syslog_override_la_SOURCES = _syslog_override.c
+_syslog_override_la_SOURCES = _syslog_override.c _syslog_override.h
 _syslog_override_la_LDFLAGS = -module
 endif
 
 util_test_SOURCES = check_util.c $(top_builddir)/include/qb/qbutil.h
 util_test_CFLAGS = @CHECK_CFLAGS@ -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 util_test_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libqb.la @CHECK_LIBS@
 
 endif
 
 clean-generic:
 	$(AM_V_GEN)rm -f *.log
 	$(AM_V_GEN)rm -f *.fdata