diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dc64a8a8..add056fc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -19233,3 +19233,6 @@
 	* Fixed a regression in 'rdxport.cgi' that caused a check of the
 	Rivendell services to be triggered each time a WebAPI function was
 	invoked.
+2019-10-28 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Fixed a regression in rdimport(1) that caused a segfault when
+	invoked with the '--metadata-pattern' and '--log-syslog' switches.
diff --git a/utils/rdimport/rdimport.cpp b/utils/rdimport/rdimport.cpp
index 18d9ab4e..1aad96d8 100644
--- a/utils/rdimport/rdimport.cpp
+++ b/utils/rdimport/rdimport.cpp
@@ -2011,7 +2011,7 @@ void MainObject::Log(int prio,const QString &msg) const
   FILE *f=NULL;
 
   if(import_log_syslog) {
-    rda->syslog(prio,msg.trimmed());
+    rda->syslog(prio,"%s",(const char *)msg.trimmed().toUtf8());
   }
   if(!import_log_filename.isEmpty()) {
     QDateTime now=QDateTime::currentDateTime();