diff --git a/config/vdr/vdr.sysconfig b/config/vdr/vdr.sysconfig
index a1cebf10f..9c7906912 100644
--- a/config/vdr/vdr.sysconfig
+++ b/config/vdr/vdr.sysconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # The "master" options.  Some examples of options you may want to set
 # here are -r, -t, and --rcu.  See the vdr(1) man page for more info.
 #
-VDR_OPTIONS=(--vfat)
+VDR_OPTIONS=(--vfat --log=1)
 
 # VDR_PLUGIN_ORDER is a space separated list of plugins that should be
 # loaded in a specific order.  This affects eg. the order the plugins'
diff --git a/lfs/vdr b/lfs/vdr
index 0dd2c0f46..b1feb0152 100644
--- a/lfs/vdr
+++ b/lfs/vdr
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
 DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
 PROG       = vdr
-PAK_VER    = 6
+PAK_VER    = 7
 
 DEPS       = "vdr_streamdev"