diff --git a/tools/collector/centos/build_srpm.data b/tools/collector/centos/build_srpm.data
index 9bfcde47..acb43cc3 100644
--- a/tools/collector/centos/build_srpm.data
+++ b/tools/collector/centos/build_srpm.data
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 SRC_DIR="scripts"
-TIS_PATCH_VER=33
+TIS_PATCH_VER=PKG_GITREVCOUNT
diff --git a/tools/collector/centos/collector.spec b/tools/collector/centos/collector.spec
index 3133017d..68b22891 100644
--- a/tools/collector/centos/collector.spec
+++ b/tools/collector/centos/collector.spec
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ install -m 755 collect_dc.sh %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/collect.d/collect_dc
 
 install -m 755 etc.exclude %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/collect/etc.exclude
 install -m 755 run.exclude %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/collect/run.exclude
+install -m 755 varlog.exclude %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/collect/varlog.exclude
 
 ln -sf /usr/local/sbin/collect %{buildroot}/usr/local/bin/collect
 ln -sf /usr/local/sbin/collect %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/collect
diff --git a/tools/collector/scripts/collect_host b/tools/collector/scripts/collect_host
index dd5709ac..81ce6ec9 100755
--- a/tools/collector/scripts/collect_host
+++ b/tools/collector/scripts/collect_host
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ TARBALL="${COLLECT_NAME_DIR}.tgz"
 COLLECT_PATH="/etc/collect.d"
 RUN_EXCLUDE="/etc/collect/run.exclude"
 ETC_EXCLUDE="/etc/collect/etc.exclude"
+VAR_LOG_EXCLUDE="/etc/collect/varlog.exclude"
 COLLECT_INCLUDE="/var/run /etc /root"
 FLIGHT_RECORDER_PATH="var/lib/sm/"
 FLIGHT_RECORDER_FILE="sm.eru.v1"
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ done
 
 log_space "before first tar ....:"
 
-(cd ${COLLECT_NAME_DIR} ; ${IONICE_CMD} ${NICE_CMD}   ${TAR_CMD} ${COLLECT_NAME_DIR}/${COLLECT_NAME}.tar -T ${VAR_LOG_INCLUDE_LIST} -X ${RUN_EXCLUDE} -X ${ETC_EXCLUDE} ${COLLECT_INCLUDE} 2>>${COLLECT_ERROR_LOG} 1>>${COLLECT_ERROR_LOG} )
+(cd ${COLLECT_NAME_DIR} ; ${IONICE_CMD} ${NICE_CMD}   ${TAR_CMD} ${COLLECT_NAME_DIR}/${COLLECT_NAME}.tar -T ${VAR_LOG_INCLUDE_LIST} -X ${RUN_EXCLUDE} -X ${ETC_EXCLUDE} -X ${VAR_LOG_EXCLUDE} ${COLLECT_INCLUDE} 2>>${COLLECT_ERROR_LOG} 1>>${COLLECT_ERROR_LOG} )
 
 log_space "after first tar .....:"
 
diff --git a/tools/collector/scripts/varlog.exclude b/tools/collector/scripts/varlog.exclude
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b035de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/collector/scripts/varlog.exclude
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/var/log/crash