diff --git a/admin/rsyslog/Makefile b/admin/rsyslog/Makefile
index 92d7d5919e..540616ee3a 100644
--- a/admin/rsyslog/Makefile
+++ b/admin/rsyslog/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=rsyslog
-PKG_VERSION:=8.2506.0
+PKG_VERSION:=8.2604.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:= \
 	https://fossies.org/linux/misc \
 	https://www.rsyslog.com/files/download/rsyslog
-PKG_HASH:=6d6fd0257c95e756765d4d585a833d54dd3a0e5eeb8308b862a81b368a74bb7b
+PKG_HASH:=2a04b1cd6f0a5e2b60eec231acce3cf9927c4ed02bc5fbbe5dc4c35fcf887b64
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
 	--disable-fmhttp \
 	--disable-default-tests \
 	--disable-libsystemd \
+	--disable-impstats-push \
 	$(if $(CONFIG_RSYSLOG_gssapi_krb5),--enable-gssapi-krb5) \
 	$(if $(CONFIG_RSYSLOG_mysql),--enable-mysql) \
 	$(if $(CONFIG_RSYSLOG_pgsql),--enable-pgsql) \
diff --git a/admin/rsyslog/test.sh b/admin/rsyslog/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dd5f66047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/rsyslog/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+case "$1" in
+rsyslog)
+	rsyslogd -v 2>&1 | grep -qF "$2" || {
+		echo "FAIL: rsyslogd -v did not print expected version '$2'"
+		exit 1
+	}
+	echo "rsyslogd version: OK"
+
+	[ -f /etc/rsyslog.conf ] || {
+		echo "FAIL: /etc/rsyslog.conf not installed"
+		exit 1
+	}
+	echo "rsyslog.conf: OK"
+
+	[ -x /etc/init.d/rsyslog ] || {
+		echo "FAIL: /etc/init.d/rsyslog not executable"
+		exit 1
+	}
+	echo "init script: OK"
+
+	[ -d /usr/lib/rsyslog ] || {
+		echo "FAIL: /usr/lib/rsyslog plugin directory not installed"
+		exit 1
+	}
+	echo "plugin dir: OK"
+	;;
+esac