diff --git a/cups.init b/cups.init
index c691c9d..f84772e 100644
--- a/cups.init
+++ b/cups.init
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ case $1 in
 	status)
 		status $DAEMON
 	;;
+	restartlog)
+		stop
+		cat /dev/null >/var/log/cups/error_log
+		start
+	;;
 	*)
 
 	echo $"Usage: $prog {start|stop|restart|condrestart|reload|status}"
diff --git a/cups.spec b/cups.spec
index 370fc55..3002304 100644
--- a/cups.spec
+++ b/cups.spec
@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %changelog
 * Wed May 16 2006 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
+- Added 'restartlog' to initscript, for clearing out error_log.  Useful
+  for problem diagnosis.
 - Initscript no longer needs to check for printconf-backend.
 
 * Tue May 16 2006 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> 1:1.2.0-3