diff --git a/modules.d/98syslog/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/98syslog/module-setup.sh
index 22bc497b..aa0c8eaf 100755
--- a/modules.d/98syslog/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/98syslog/module-setup.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ install() {
     local _installs
     if type -P rsyslogd >/dev/null; then
         _installs="rsyslogd"
-        inst_libdir_file rsyslog/lmnet.so rsyslog/imklog.so rsyslog/imuxsock.so
+        inst_libdir_file rsyslog/lmnet.so rsyslog/imklog.so rsyslog/imuxsock.so rsyslog/imjournal.so
     elif type -P syslogd >/dev/null; then
         _installs="syslogd"
     elif type -P syslog-ng >/dev/null; then
@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@ install() {
     if [ -n "$_installs" ]; then
         inst_multiple cat $_installs
         inst_hook cmdline  90 "$moddir/parse-syslog-opts.sh"
-        inst_hook pre-udev 61 "$moddir/syslog-genrules.sh"
         inst_hook cleanup 99 "$moddir/syslog-cleanup.sh"
-        inst_simple "$moddir/rsyslogd-start.sh" /sbin/rsyslogd-start
+        inst_hook initqueue/online 70 "$moddir/rsyslogd-start.sh"
         inst_simple "$moddir/rsyslogd-stop.sh" /sbin/rsyslogd-stop
         mkdir -m 0755 -p ${initdir}/etc/templates
-        inst_simple "${moddir}/rsyslog.conf" /etc/templates
+        inst_simple "${moddir}/rsyslog.conf" /etc/templates/rsyslog.conf
     fi
     dracut_need_initqueue
 }
diff --git a/modules.d/98syslog/parse-syslog-opts.sh b/modules.d/98syslog/parse-syslog-opts.sh
index 39432588..50ec2759 100755
--- a/modules.d/98syslog/parse-syslog-opts.sh
+++ b/modules.d/98syslog/parse-syslog-opts.sh
@@ -9,10 +9,30 @@
 #                   Don't auto detect syslog but set it
 type getarg >/dev/null 2>&1 || . /lib/dracut-lib.sh
 
+detect_syslog() {
+    syslogtype=""
+    if [ -e /sbin/rsyslogd ]; then
+        syslogtype="rsyslogd"
+    elif [ -e /sbin/syslogd ]; then
+        syslogtype="syslogd"
+    elif [ /sbin/syslog-ng ]; then
+        syslogtype="syslog-ng"
+    else
+        warn "Could not find any syslog binary although the syslogmodule is selected to be installed. Please check."
+    fi
+    echo "$syslogtype"
+    [ -n "$syslogtype" ]
+}
+
 syslogserver=$(getarg syslog.server -d syslog)
 syslogfilters=$(getargs syslog.filter -d filter)
 syslogtype=$(getarg syslog.type -d syslogtype)
 
 [ -n "$syslogserver" ] && echo $syslogserver > /tmp/syslog.server
 [ -n "$syslogfilters" ] && echo "$syslogfilters" > /tmp/syslog.filters
-[ -n "$syslogtype" ] && echo "$syslogtype" > /tmp/syslog.type
+if [ -n "$syslogtype" ]; then
+    echo "$syslogtype" > /tmp/syslog.type
+else
+    syslogtype=$(detect_syslog)
+    echo $syslogtype > /tmp/syslog.type
+fi
diff --git a/modules.d/98syslog/rsyslogd-start.sh b/modules.d/98syslog/rsyslogd-start.sh
index c08e6675..c64f2121 100755
--- a/modules.d/98syslog/rsyslogd-start.sh
+++ b/modules.d/98syslog/rsyslogd-start.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Triggered by udev and starts rsyslogd with bootparameters
+# Triggered by initqueue/online and starts rsyslogd with bootparameters
 
 type getarg >/dev/null 2>&1 || . /lib/dracut-lib.sh
 
+# prevent starting again if already running
+if [ -f /var/run/syslogd.pid ]; then
+    read pid < /var/run/syslogd.pid
+    kill -0 $pid && exit 0
+fi
+
 rsyslog_config() {
     local server=$1
     shift
@@ -14,20 +20,28 @@ rsyslog_config() {
 
     cat $syslog_template
 
-    for filter in $filters; do
-        echo "${filter} @${server}"
-    done
-#       echo "*.* /tmp/syslog"
+    (
+        # disable shell expansion / globbing
+        # since filters contain such characters
+        set -f
+        for filter in $filters; do
+            echo "${filter} @${server}"
+        done
+    )
+    #echo "*.* /tmp/syslog"
 }
 
-read server < /tmp/syslog.server
-read filters < /tmp/syslog.filters
+[ -f /tmp/syslog.type ] && read type < /tmp/syslog.type
+[ -f /tmp/syslog.server ] && read server < /tmp/syslog.server
+[ -f /tmp/syslog.filters ] && read filters < /tmp/syslog.filters
 [ -z "$filters" ] && filters="kern.*"
-read conf < /tmp/syslog.conf
+[ -f /tmp/syslog.conf ] && read conf < /tmp/syslog.conf
 [ -z "$conf" ] && conf="/etc/rsyslog.conf" && echo "$conf" > /tmp/syslog.conf
 
-template=/etc/templates/rsyslog.conf
-if [ -n "$server" ]; then
-    rsyslog_config "$server" "$template" "$filters" > $conf
-    rsyslogd -c3
+if [ $type == "rsyslogd" ]; then
+    template=/etc/templates/rsyslog.conf
+    if [ -n "$server" ]; then
+        rsyslog_config "$server" "$template" "$filters" > $conf
+        rsyslogd -c3
+    fi
 fi
diff --git a/modules.d/98syslog/rsyslogd-stop.sh b/modules.d/98syslog/rsyslogd-stop.sh
index 010d56a5..52c8edf6 100755
--- a/modules.d/98syslog/rsyslogd-stop.sh
+++ b/modules.d/98syslog/rsyslogd-stop.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+type getarg >/dev/null 2>&1 || . /lib/dracut-lib.sh
+
 # Kills rsyslogd
 
 if [ -f /var/run/syslogd.pid ]; then
@@ -8,4 +10,4 @@ if [ -f /var/run/syslogd.pid ]; then
     kill -0 $pid && kill -9 $pid
 else
     warn "rsyslogd-stop: Could not find a pid for rsyslogd. Won't kill it."
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
diff --git a/modules.d/98syslog/syslog-genrules.sh b/modules.d/98syslog/syslog-genrules.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 072bdea0..00000000
--- a/modules.d/98syslog/syslog-genrules.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Creates the syslog udev rules to be triggered when interface becomes online.
-type getarg >/dev/null 2>&1 || . /lib/dracut-lib.sh
-
-detect_syslog() {
-    syslogtype=""
-    if [ -e /sbin/rsyslogd ]; then
-        syslogtype="rsyslogd"
-    elif [ -e /sbin/syslogd ]; then
-        syslogtype="syslogd"
-    elif [ /sbin/syslog-ng ]; then
-        syslogtype="syslog-ng"
-    else
-        warn "Could not find any syslog binary although the syslogmodule is selected to be installed. Please check."
-    fi
-    echo "$syslogtype"
-    [ -n "$syslogtype" ]
-}
-
-read syslogtype < /tmp/syslog.type
-if [ -z "$syslogtype" ]; then
-    syslogtype=$(detect_syslog)
-    echo $syslogtype > /tmp/syslog.type
-fi
-if [ -e "/sbin/${syslogtype}-start" ]; then
-    printf 'ACTION=="online", SUBSYSTEM=="net", RUN+="/sbin/initqueue --onetime /sbin/'${syslogtype}'-start $env{INTERFACE}"\n' > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-syslog.rules
-else
-    warn "syslog-genrules: Could not find binary to start syslog of type \"$syslogtype\". Syslog will not be started."
-fi