diff --git a/pkg/rpm/0002-Fix-systemd-service-status.patch b/pkg/rpm/0002-Fix-systemd-service-status.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cf77c58a84fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/rpm/0002-Fix-systemd-service-status.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From d21f01128f378cd9bbcf59e7436114594ddf08e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Jeffrey C. Ollie" <jeff@ocjtech.us>
+Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:20:38 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix systemd service status.
+
+Under systemd, not every service has a "Main PID" so using that to
+determine whether a service was running failed for a number of useful
+cases, especially services that use systemd's init script
+compatibility layer.
+
+Instead, use the 'systemctl is-active' command to determine the status
+of a service.
+---
+ salt/modules/systemd.py | 13 ++++---------
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/salt/modules/systemd.py b/salt/modules/systemd.py
+index 2e37718..185b1d5 100644
+--- a/salt/modules/systemd.py
++++ b/salt/modules/systemd.py
+@@ -166,20 +166,15 @@ def reload(name):
+ # system
+ def status(name, sig=None):
+     '''
+-    Return the status for a service via systemd, returns the PID if the service
+-    is running or an empty string if the service is not running
++    Return the status for a service via systemd, returns a bool
++    whether the service is running.
+ 
+     CLI Example::
+ 
+         salt '*' service.status <service name>
+     '''
+-    ret = __salt__['cmd.run'](_systemctl_cmd('show', name))
+-    index1 = ret.find('\nMainPID=')
+-    index2 = ret.find('\n', index1+9)
+-    mainpid = ret[index1+9:index2]
+-    if mainpid == '0':
+-        return ''
+-    return mainpid
++    cmd = 'systemctl is-active {0}'.format(name)
++    return not __salt__['cmd.retcode'](cmd)
+ 
+ 
+ def enable(name):
+-- 
+1.7.11.7
+
diff --git a/pkg/rpm/salt.spec b/pkg/rpm/salt.spec
index df2cba8c2a84..92344d80e40b 100644
--- a/pkg/rpm/salt.spec
+++ b/pkg/rpm/salt.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 %{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")}
 
 Name: salt
-Version: 0.10.3
+Version: 0.10.4
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: A parallel remote execution system
 
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Source4: %{name}-master.service
 Source5: %{name}-syndic.service
 Source6: %{name}-minion.service
 Source7: README.fedora
+Patch0: 0002-Fix-systemd-service-status.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ Salt minion is queried and controlled from the master.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .systemd
 
 %build
 
@@ -289,6 +291,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 24 2012 Clint Savage <herlo1@gmail.com> - 0.10.4-1
+- Moved to upstream release 0.10.4
+- Patched jcollie/systemd-service-status (SALT@GH#2335) (RHBZ#869669)
+
 * Tue Oct 2 2012 Clint Savage <herlo1@gmail.com> - 0.10.3-1
 - Moved to upstream release 0.10.3
 - Added systemd scriplets (RHBZ#850408)