diff --git a/SOURCES/flannel-Clarify-the-logging-when-VXLAN-interface-creation-fa.patch b/SOURCES/flannel-Clarify-the-logging-when-VXLAN-interface-creation-fa.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12070ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/flannel-Clarify-the-logging-when-VXLAN-interface-creation-fa.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From b3a68558eecd794d7d27af50e0afbc6736939c9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
+Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 14:49:20 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Clarify the logging when VXLAN interface creation fails
+
+---
+ backend/vxlan/vxlan.go | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/backend/vxlan/vxlan.go b/backend/vxlan/vxlan.go
+index fb0c91f201fa..a6fa77905440 100644
+--- a/backend/vxlan/vxlan.go
++++ b/backend/vxlan/vxlan.go
+@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ func (vb *VXLANBackend) Init(extIface *net.Interface, extIP net.IP) (*backend.Su
+ 		if err == nil {
+ 			break
+ 		} else {
+-			log.Warning("Failed to create VXLAN interface, retrying...")
++			log.Error("VXLAN init: ", err)
++			log.Info("Retrying in 1 second...")
+ 
+ 			// wait 1 sec before retrying
+ 			time.Sleep(1*time.Second)
+-- 
+2.1.0
+
+
diff --git a/SOURCES/flannel-vxlan-create-retry.patch b/SOURCES/flannel-vxlan-create-retry.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a679ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/flannel-vxlan-create-retry.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From e246b8a9f6837ae6466c5822ede2e92b157e2d6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jan Chaloupka <jchaloup@redhat.com>
+Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 21:15:43 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] flannel-vxlan-create-retry.patch
+
+Original author is John W. Linville. I have updated the patch to fit for rhel.
+
+---
+ backend/vxlan/vxlan.go | 14 +++++++++++---
+ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/backend/vxlan/vxlan.go b/backend/vxlan/vxlan.go
+index 93977b4..d50f520 100644
+--- a/backend/vxlan/vxlan.go
++++ b/backend/vxlan/vxlan.go
+@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
+ 	"fmt"
+ 	"net"
+ 	"sync"
++	"time"
+ 
+ 	log "github.com/coreos/flannel/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/golang/glog"
+ 	"github.com/coreos/flannel/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
+@@ -73,9 +74,16 @@ func (vb *VXLANBackend) Init(extIface *net.Interface, extIP net.IP, ipMasq bool)
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	var err error
+-	vb.dev, err = newVXLANDevice(&devAttrs)
+-	if err != nil {
+-		return nil, err
++	for {
++		vb.dev, err = newVXLANDevice(&devAttrs)
++		if err == nil {
++			break
++		} else {
++			log.Warning("Failed to create VXLAN interface, retrying...")
++
++			// wait 1 sec before retrying
++			time.Sleep(1*time.Second)
++		}
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	sa, err := newSubnetAttrs(extIP, vb.dev.MACAddr())
+-- 
+1.9.3
+
diff --git a/SOURCES/flanneld.service b/SOURCES/flanneld.service
index da6439c..5b64a36 100644
--- a/SOURCES/flanneld.service
+++ b/SOURCES/flanneld.service
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Before=docker.service
 Type=notify
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/flanneld
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/docker-network
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/flanneld -etcd-endpoints=${FLANNEL_ETCD} -etcd-prefix=${FLANNEL_ETCD_KEY} ${FLANNEL_OPTIONS}
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/flanneld -etcd-endpoints=${FLANNEL_ETCD} -etcd-prefix=${FLANNEL_ETCD_KEY} $FLANNEL_OPTIONS
 ExecStartPost=/usr/libexec/flannel/mk-docker-opts.sh -k DOCKER_NETWORK_OPTIONS -d /run/flannel/docker
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/SPECS/flannel.spec b/SPECS/flannel.spec
index 3e48b7e..1539c50 100644
--- a/SPECS/flannel.spec
+++ b/SPECS/flannel.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 Name:           flannel 
 Version:        0.2.0
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Release:        7%{?dist}
 Summary:        Etcd address management agent for overlay networks
 License:        ASL 2.0 
 URL:            https://%{import_path}
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ Source3:        flannel-docker.conf
 Source4:        mk-docker-opts.sh
 ExclusiveArch:  %{ix86} x86_64 %{arm}
 
+Patch0:         flannel-vxlan-create-retry.patch
+Patch1:         flannel-Clarify-the-logging-when-VXLAN-interface-creation-fa.patch
+
 BuildRequires:      golang >= 1.2.7
 BuildRequires:      pkgconfig(systemd)
 Requires:           systemd
@@ -35,6 +38,8 @@ that need to communicate with one another.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{repo}-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 ./build
@@ -66,6 +71,13 @@ install -D -p -m 755 %{SOURCE4} %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/flannel/mk-docker-opt
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/flanneld
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Mar 08 2015 jchaloup <jchaloup@redhat.com> - 0.2.0-7
+- flanneld fails to start on boot
+  resolves: #1184579
+
+* Thu Mar 5 2015 Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
+- remove {} around FLANNEL_OPTIONS so you can use more than 1
+
 * Fri Jan 30 2015 jchaloup <jchaloup@redhat.com> - 0.2.0-6
 - remove devel subpackage