diff -urN a/Modules/syslogmodule.c b/Modules/syslogmodule.c
--- a/Modules/syslogmodule.c	2008-01-28 15:45:56.966519893 +0100
+++ b/Modules/syslogmodule.c	2008-01-28 15:48:55.939216487 +0100
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@
 			return NULL;
 	}
 
+	Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS;
 	syslog(priority, "%s", message);
+	Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS;
 	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
 	return Py_None;
 }