--- miscutils/crond.c
+++ miscutils/crond.c
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@
 //config:	help
 //config:	  Command output will be sent to corresponding user via email.
 //config:
+//config:config FEATURE_CROND_ROOT_NOLOG
+//config:	bool "Suppress logging of start information for a job (root user only)"
+//config:	default y
+//config:	depends on CROND
+//config:	help
+//config:	  A dash character (-) at the first position of the minute field of
+//config:	  an entry prevents crond from logging every start of that job.
+//config:
 //config:config FEATURE_CROND_DIR
 //config:	string "crond spool directory"
 //config:	default "/var/spool/cron"
@@ -105,6 +113,9 @@
 	int cl_empty_mail_size;         /* size of mail header only, 0 if no mailfile */
 	char *cl_mailto;                /* whom to mail results, may be NULL */
 #endif
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_CROND_ROOT_NOLOG
+	smallint cl_nolog;              /* bool: disable logging of start message for job entries starting with a dash (-), only valid for user 'root' */
+#endif
 	char *cl_shell;
 	/* ordered by size, not in natural order. makes code smaller: */
 	char cl_Dow[7];                 /* 0-6, beginning sunday */
@@ -469,6 +480,13 @@
 			if (n < 6)
 				continue;
 			*pline = line = xzalloc(sizeof(*line));
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_CROND_ROOT_NOLOG
+			line->cl_nolog = 0;
+			if (strcmp(fileName, "root") == 0 && *(tokens[0]) == '-') {
+				line->cl_nolog = 1;
+				(tokens[0])++;
+			}
+#endif
 			/* parse date ranges */
 			ParseField(file->cf_username, line->cl_Mins, 60, 0, NULL, tokens[0]);
 			ParseField(file->cf_username, line->cl_Hrs, 24, 0, NULL, tokens[1]);
@@ -851,6 +869,9 @@
 
 			start_one_job(file->cf_username, line);
 			pid = line->cl_pid;
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_CROND_ROOT_NOLOG
+			if (!line->cl_nolog)
+#endif
 			log8("USER %s pid %3d cmd %s",
 				file->cf_username, (int)pid, line->cl_cmd);
 			if (pid < 0) {