diff -urp vixie-cron-4.1/database.c vixie-cron-4.1.fixed/database.c
--- vixie-cron-4.1/database.c	2009-08-14 09:34:25.000000000 +0200
+++ vixie-cron-4.1.fixed/database.c	2009-08-14 09:44:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ load_database(cron_db *old_db) {
 		(void) exit(ERROR_EXIT);
 	}
 
-	if (stat("/etc/cron.d", &crond_stat) < OK) {
-		log_it("CRON", getpid(), "STAT FAILED", SPOOL_DIR);
+	if (stat(CRON_D_DIR, &crond_stat) < OK) {
+		log_it("CRON", getpid(), "STAT FAILED", CRON_D_DIR);
 		(void) exit(ERROR_EXIT);
 	}
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ load_database(cron_db *old_db) {
 
 	while (NULL != (dp = readdir(dir))) {
 		char	fname[MAXNAMLEN+1],
-			tabname[MAXNAMLEN+1];
+			tabname[PATH_MAX+1];
 
 		/* avoid file names beginning with ".".  this is good
 		 * because we would otherwise waste two guaranteed calls
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ load_database(cron_db *old_db) {
 		(void) strncpy(fname, dp->d_name, MAXNAMLEN);
 		snprintf(tabname, MAXNAMLEN+1, "/etc/cron.d/%s", fname);
 
-		process_crontab("root", NULL, tabname,
+		process_crontab("root", tabname, tabname,
 				&crond_stat, &new_db, old_db);
 	}
 	closedir(dir);
diff -urp vixie-cron-4.1/pathnames.h vixie-cron-4.1.fixed/pathnames.h
--- vixie-cron-4.1/pathnames.h	2009-08-14 09:34:25.000000000 +0200
+++ vixie-cron-4.1.fixed/pathnames.h	2009-08-13 14:42:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@
 			 */
 #define SPOOL_DIR	"crontabs"
 
+			/*
+			 * CRON_D_DIR is a directory with files parsed like
+			 * crontab. Whenever one of it's files changes it gets
+			 * reloaded.
+			 */
+#define CRON_D_DIR	"/etc/cron.d"
+
 			/* cron allow/deny file.  At least cron.deny must
 			 * exist for ordinary users to run crontab.
 			 */