diff -up dhcp-4.3.0a1/server/dhcpd.c.log_perror dhcp-4.3.0a1/server/dhcpd.c
--- dhcp-4.3.0a1/server/dhcpd.c.log_perror	2013-12-20 13:38:15.904106904 +0100
+++ dhcp-4.3.0a1/server/dhcpd.c	2013-12-20 13:38:15.918106709 +0100
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
 #ifndef DEBUG
 			daemon = 0;
 #endif
+			log_perror = 0;
 		} else if (!strcmp (argv [i], "-d")) {
 #ifndef DEBUG
 			daemon = 0;