diff -U4 -r glibc-2.10.1/misc/syslog.c glibc-2.10.1+syslog/misc/syslog.c
--- glibc-2.10.1/misc/syslog.c	2008-10-22 22:42:26.000000000 +0100
+++ glibc-2.10.1+syslog/misc/syslog.c	2009-06-27 10:24:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -134,8 +134,9 @@
 
 void
 __vsyslog_chk(int pri, int flag, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
+	struct timeval now_tv;
 	struct tm now_tm;
 	time_t now;
 	int fd;
 	FILE *f;
@@ -192,15 +193,21 @@
 	else
 	  {
 	    __fsetlocking (f, FSETLOCKING_BYCALLER);
 	    prioff = fprintf (f, "<%d>", pri);
-	    (void) time (&now);
+	    if (__gettimeofday (&now_tv, (struct timezone *) NULL)) {
+	      now = (time_t) -1;
+	      now_tv.tv_usec = 0;
+	    } else {
+	      now = (time_t) now_tv.tv_sec;
+	    }
 	    f->_IO_write_ptr += __strftime_l (f->_IO_write_ptr,
 					      f->_IO_write_end
 					      - f->_IO_write_ptr,
-					      "%h %e %T ",
+					      "%h %e %T",
 					      __localtime_r (&now, &now_tm),
 					      _nl_C_locobj_ptr);
+	    fprintf (f, ".%06u ", (unsigned int) now_tv.tv_usec);
 	    msgoff = ftell (f);
 	    if (LogTag == NULL)
 	      LogTag = __progname;
 	    if (LogTag != NULL)