diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7bbdb24bd8..8d34dab8d9 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1292,6 +1292,7 @@ install-data-hook:
 			systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service \
 			systemd-sysctl.service \
 			systemd-ask-password-console.path \
+			systemd-kmsg-syslogd.service \
 			cryptsetup.target && \
 		$(LN_S) ../dev-hugepages.automount dev-hugepages.automount && \
 		$(LN_S) ../dev-mqueue.automount dev-mqueue.automount && \
@@ -1304,6 +1305,7 @@ install-data-hook:
 		$(LN_S) ../systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service && \
 		$(LN_S) ../systemd-sysctl.service systemd-sysctl.service && \
 		$(LN_S) ../systemd-ask-password-console.path systemd-ask-password-console.path && \
+		$(LN_S) ../systemd-kmsg-syslogd.service && \
 		$(LN_S) ../cryptsetup.target cryptsetup.target )
 	( cd $(DESTDIR)$(systemunitdir)/basic.target.wants && \
 		rm -f systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer && \
diff --git a/src/kmsg-syslogd.c b/src/kmsg-syslogd.c
index e23c9d3862..4edb16136b 100644
--- a/src/kmsg-syslogd.c
+++ b/src/kmsg-syslogd.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include "fdset.h"
 
 #define SERVER_FD_MAX 16
-#define TIMEOUT ((int) (5*60*MSEC_PER_SEC))
 
 typedef struct Stream Stream;
 
@@ -512,7 +511,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 struct epoll_event event;
                 int k;
 
-                if ((k = epoll_wait(server.epoll_fd, &event, 1, TIMEOUT)) < 0) {
+                if ((k = epoll_wait(server.epoll_fd, &event, 1, -1)) < 0) {
 
                         if (errno == EINTR)
                                 continue;