diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 1a6d4acee..b97bfb720 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+25 Jun 2013: Wouter
+	- Squelch sendto-permission denied errors when the network is
+	  not connected, to avoid spamming syslog.
+
 18 Jun 2013: Wouter
 	- Fix for const string literals in C++ for libunbound, from Karel
 	  Slany.
diff --git a/util/netevent.c b/util/netevent.c
index c5a7d8029..82521a1ec 100644
--- a/util/netevent.c
+++ b/util/netevent.c
@@ -320,6 +320,10 @@ udp_send_errno_needs_log(struct sockaddr* addr, socklen_t addrlen)
 			break;
 	}
 #endif
+	/* permission denied is gotten for every send if the
+	 * network is disconnected (on some OS), squelch it */
+	if(errno == EPERM && verbosity < VERB_DETAIL)
+		return 0;
 	/* squelch errors where people deploy AAAA ::ffff:bla for
 	 * authority servers, which we try for intranets. */
 	if(errno == EINVAL && addr_is_ip4mapped(