diff --git a/xCAT/debian/postinst b/xCAT/debian/postinst
index 8165446f4..998d9d844 100644
--- a/xCAT/debian/postinst
+++ b/xCAT/debian/postinst
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ case "$1" in
 
 	/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
 
-	kill -HUP $(</var/run/rsyslogd.pid) >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+        # Let rsyslogd perform close of any open files
+        if [ -e /var/run/rsyslogd.pid ]; then
+            kill -HUP $(</var/run/rsyslogd.pid) >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+        elif [ -e /var/run/syslogd.pid ]; then
+            kill -HUP $(</var/run/syslogd.pid) >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+        fi
     ;;
 
     abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
diff --git a/xCAT/xCAT.spec b/xCAT/xCAT.spec
index 4ebbb4033..fa2b7277e 100644
--- a/xCAT/xCAT.spec
+++ b/xCAT/xCAT.spec
@@ -201,8 +201,12 @@ then
    cp /etc/xcat/conf.orig/xcat.conf.apach24 /etc/apache2/conf.d/xcat.conf
 fi
 
-# Lets rsyslogd perform close all open files
-kill -HUP $(</var/run/rsyslogd.pid) >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+# Let rsyslogd perform close of any open files
+if [ -e /var/run/rsyslogd.pid ]; then
+    kill -HUP $(</var/run/rsyslogd.pid) >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+elif [ -e /var/run/syslogd.pid ]; then
+    kill -HUP $(</var/run/syslogd.pid) >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+fi
 %endif
 
 # create dir for the current pid
diff --git a/xCATsn/xCATsn.spec b/xCATsn/xCATsn.spec
index e617c3012..6bc371324 100644
--- a/xCATsn/xCATsn.spec
+++ b/xCATsn/xCATsn.spec
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ if [ -n "$version" ]; then
 fi
 
 
+# Let rsyslogd perform close of any open files
+if [ -e /var/run/rsyslogd.pid ]; then
+    kill -HUP $(</var/run/rsyslogd.pid) >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+elif [ -e /var/run/syslogd.pid ]; then
+    kill -HUP $(</var/run/syslogd.pid) >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+fi
+
 %endif
 
 # create dir for the current pid and move the original ones from /tmp/xcat to /var/run/xcat