diff -Nru sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/changelog sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/changelog
--- sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/changelog	2013-07-14 19:21:15.000000000 +0200
+++ sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/changelog	2015-08-12 11:40:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+sysvinit (2.88dsf-41+deb7u2) stable-proposed-updates; urgency=low
+
+  * Add rotate to the known actions of invoke-rc.d (rsyslog uses it)
+
+ -- Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net>  Wed, 12 Aug 2015 11:41:07 +0100
+
 sysvinit (2.88dsf-41+deb7u1) stable-proposed-updates; urgency=low
 
   [ Roger Leigh ]
diff -Nru sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/src/sysv-rc/sbin/invoke-rc.d sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/src/sysv-rc/sbin/invoke-rc.d
--- sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/src/sysv-rc/sbin/invoke-rc.d	2013-07-14 19:19:01.000000000 +0200
+++ sysvinit-2.88dsf/debian/src/sysv-rc/sbin/invoke-rc.d	2015-08-12 11:41:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
 
 ## sanity checks and just-in-case warnings.
 case ${ACTION} in
-    start|stop|force-stop|restart|reload|force-reload|status)
+    start|stop|force-stop|restart|reload|force-reload|status|rotate)
 	;;
     *)
 	if test "x${POLICYHELPER}" != x && test -x "${POLICYHELPER}" ; then