diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f155d116..4ff49390 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
 ### Fixed
+
+* Log-level not respected by syslog.
+
+
 ### Security
 ### Contributors
 
diff --git a/log.c b/log.c
index c13b4179..d19adaca 100644
--- a/log.c
+++ b/log.c
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ _sys_log(enum log_class log_class, const char *module,
     if (!do_syslog)
         return;
 
+    if (log_class > log_level)
+        return;
+
     /* Map our log level to syslog's level */
     int level = log_level_map[log_class].syslog_equivalent;