diff --git a/changelog.html b/changelog.html
index e83fd526fb475256a729e0060f0c840f4cb0c37b..0734e383f04a96f19c88f90474461e70b40473de 100644
--- a/changelog.html
+++ b/changelog.html
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
   <li class=bug>
     Fixed a JVM dependency in debian package so that it can run with OpenJDK
     (<a href="http://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-8159">issue 8159</a>)
+  <li class=bug>
+    Fixed a log rotation configuration problem on Red Hat
+    (<a href="http://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-5784">issue 5784</a>)
   <li class=rfe>
     Debian package will force-terminate Jenkins if it fails to shut down in 5 seconds.
     (<a href="http://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-5415">issue 5415</a>)
diff --git a/opensuse/SOURCES/jenkins.logrotate b/opensuse/SOURCES/jenkins.logrotate
index 87abc8c04336abffafa25c7d66d0025b277c7ed4..6554a1941b18ef3d7a913ee2fffcd51c1726a833 100644
--- a/opensuse/SOURCES/jenkins.logrotate
+++ b/opensuse/SOURCES/jenkins.logrotate
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
     missingok
     create 644
     postrotate
-    kill -SIGALRM `cat /var/run/jenkins.pid`
+    kill -s SIGALRM `cat /var/run/jenkins.pid`
     endscript
 }
diff --git a/rpm/SOURCES/jenkins.logrotate b/rpm/SOURCES/jenkins.logrotate
index 25df3ddd3ef4c0773881f6cee992620a137d26ff..8e6c00964b121604eba392ba75f1cce3df49f6bd 100644
--- a/rpm/SOURCES/jenkins.logrotate
+++ b/rpm/SOURCES/jenkins.logrotate
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
     missingok
     create 644
     postrotate
-     kill -SIGALRM `cat /var/run/jenkins.pid`
+     kill -s SIGALRM `cat /var/run/jenkins.pid`
     endscript
 }