diff -Naur a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile	2007-05-30 15:28:48.000000000 +0000
+++ b/Makefile	2015-10-04 20:49:35.354387956 +0000
@@ -127,14 +127,16 @@
 	rm -f syslogd klogd ksym syslog_tst oops_test TAGS tsyslogd tklogd
 
 install_exec: syslogd klogd
-	${INSTALL} -m 500 -s syslogd ${BINDIR}/syslogd
-	${INSTALL} -m 500 -s klogd ${BINDIR}/klogd
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/${BINDIR}
+	${INSTALL} -m 500 -s syslogd $(DESTDIR)/${BINDIR}/syslogd
+	${INSTALL} -m 500 -s klogd $(DESTDIR)/${BINDIR}/klogd
 
 install_man:
-	${INSTALL} -o ${MAN_USER} -g ${MAN_GROUP} -m ${MAN_PERMS} sysklogd.8 ${MANDIR}/man8/sysklogd.8
-	${INSTALL} -o ${MAN_USER} -g ${MAN_GROUP} -m ${MAN_PERMS} syslogd.8 ${MANDIR}/man8/syslogd.8
-	${INSTALL} -o ${MAN_USER} -g ${MAN_GROUP} -m ${MAN_PERMS} syslog.conf.5 ${MANDIR}/man5/syslog.conf.5
-	${INSTALL} -o ${MAN_USER} -g ${MAN_GROUP} -m ${MAN_PERMS} klogd.8 ${MANDIR}/man8/klogd.8
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/${MANDIR}/man{5,8}
+	${INSTALL} -o ${MAN_USER} -g ${MAN_GROUP} -m ${MAN_PERMS} sysklogd.8 $(DESTDIR)/${MANDIR}/man8/sysklogd.8
+	${INSTALL} -o ${MAN_USER} -g ${MAN_GROUP} -m ${MAN_PERMS} syslogd.8 $(DESTDIR)/${MANDIR}/man8/syslogd.8
+	${INSTALL} -o ${MAN_USER} -g ${MAN_GROUP} -m ${MAN_PERMS} syslog.conf.5 $(DESTDIR)/${MANDIR}/man5/syslog.conf.5
+	${INSTALL} -o ${MAN_USER} -g ${MAN_GROUP} -m ${MAN_PERMS} klogd.8 $(DESTDIR)/${MANDIR}/man8/klogd.8
 
 obj-m += oops.o
 
diff -Naur a/ksym_mod.c b/ksym_mod.c
--- a/ksym_mod.c	2007-06-18 07:50:55.000000000 +0000
+++ b/ksym_mod.c	2015-10-04 20:45:09.274671054 +0000
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@
 		else
 			Syslog(LOG_ERR, "Error loading kernel symbols " \
 			       "- %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		fclose(ksyms);
 		return(0);
 	}