diff --git a/config/logwatch/sudoers/logwatch-mdadm b/config/logwatch/sudoers/logwatch-mdadm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdc524def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/logwatch/sudoers/logwatch-mdadm
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# The following commands need to be executed by logwatch in case there's an MD Raid
+logwatch ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/mdadm --misc --detail /dev/md*, /sbin/mdadm --detail --scan
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/logwatch b/config/rootfiles/common/logwatch
index c47fb4199..1e4a0a81b 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/logwatch
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/logwatch
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ etc/logwatch/conf
 #etc/logwatch/logwatch.cron
 etc/logwatch/scripts
 etc/logwatch/scripts/services
+#etc/sudoers.d
+etc/sudoers.d/logwatch-mdadm
 usr/sbin/logwatch
 #usr/share/logwatch
 #usr/share/logwatch/HOWTO-Customize-LogWatch
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/kernel.conf
 #usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/knockd.conf
 #usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/lvm.conf
 #usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/mailscanner.conf
-#usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/mdadm.conf
+usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/mdadm.conf
 #usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/mod_security2.conf
 usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/modprobe.conf
 #usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/mountd.conf
@@ -262,7 +264,7 @@ usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/kernel
 #usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/knockd
 #usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/lvm
 #usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/mailscanner
-#usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/mdadm
+usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/mdadm
 #usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/mod_security2
 usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/modprobe
 #usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/mountd
diff --git a/lfs/logwatch b/lfs/logwatch
index 8baaef2ce..628dafe6f 100644
--- a/lfs/logwatch
+++ b/lfs/logwatch
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 
 	cd $(DIR_APP)/lib && patch < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/logwatch/logwatch-7.3.6-date_manip6.patch
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 -i $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/logwatch/logwatch-7.5.4-disable_iptables.patch
+	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 -i $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/logwatch/logwatch-7.5.5-enable-mdadm-sudo.patch
 
 	@cd $(DIR_APP) && chmod 755 install_logwatch.sh
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && yes "" | ./install_logwatch.sh
@@ -103,6 +104,11 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	chmod -v 755 /var/log/logwatch
 	-rm -rf /etc/logwatch/conf
 	ln -vsf /usr/share/logwatch/default.conf /etc/logwatch/conf
-	
+
+	-mkdir -p /etc/sudoers.d
+	chmod -v 755 /etc/sudoers.d
+	install -v -m 644 $(DIR_SRC)/config/logwatch/sudoers/logwatch-mdadm \
+                /etc/sudoers.d/logwatch-mdadm
+
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP)
 	@$(POSTBUILD)
diff --git a/src/patches/logwatch/logwatch-7.5.5-enable-mdadm-sudo.patch b/src/patches/logwatch/logwatch-7.5.5-enable-mdadm-sudo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7034077b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/patches/logwatch/logwatch-7.5.5-enable-mdadm-sudo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+diff -Naur logwatch-7.5.5-orig/conf/services/mdadm.conf logwatch-7.5.5/conf/services/mdadm.conf
+--- logwatch-7.5.5-orig/conf/services/mdadm.conf	2021-01-22 21:59:40.000000000 +0100
++++ logwatch-7.5.5/conf/services/mdadm.conf	2021-10-04 13:52:30.850057355 +0200
+@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
+ # Logwatch will try to find md devices in /etc/mdadm.conf or 
+ # /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf. If none of these files exist it can scan actively
+ # for md devices. Set to 'Yes' to enable active scanning:
+-$mdadm_enable_scan = No
++$mdadm_enable_scan = Yes
+ 
+ # Logwatch will emit an error for md devices listed in /etc/mdadm.conf
+ # that are not present.  If you do not want this (e.g. raid devices may come
+diff -Naur logwatch-7.5.5-orig/scripts/services/mdadm logwatch-7.5.5/scripts/services/mdadm
+--- logwatch-7.5.5-orig/scripts/services/mdadm	2021-01-22 21:59:40.000000000 +0100
++++ logwatch-7.5.5/scripts/services/mdadm	2021-10-06 11:41:14.800307603 +0200
+@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
+ } elsif ( -f "/etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf" ) {
+   open(MDADM,"< /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf");
+ } elsif ($enable_scan) {
+-  open(MDADM,"mdadm --detail --scan 2>/dev/null|");
++  open(MDADM,"sudo mdadm --detail --scan 2>/dev/null|");
+ }
+ while (<MDADM>) {
+   if (/^ARRAY/) {
+@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
+     next;
+   }
+ 
+-  open(MDADM,"mdadm --misc --detail $dev 2>&1 |");
++  open(MDADM,"sudo mdadm --misc --detail $dev 2>&1 |");
+   while (<MDADM>) {
+     if ($_ =~ /cannot open .*: No such file or directory/) {
+       print $_ unless $ignore_missing;
+@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@
+ 
+   if ($Detail <= 4) {
+     if (lc($mdhash{'state'}) =~ /clean|active/) {
+-      print "$dev : $mdhash{'state'}\n" if $Detail;
++      if (lc($mdhash{'state'}) =~ /degraded/) {
++        print "$dev : $mdhash{'state'}\n";
++      } else {
++        print "$dev : $mdhash{'state'}\n" if $Detail;
++      }
+     } else {
+       print "$dev : $mdhash{'state'}\n";
+       if (defined($mdhash{'middle devices'})) {