diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index b678c2aeb..90d30f4ed 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+22 May 2017: Wouter
+	- Fix #1268: SIGSEGV after log_reopen.
+
 18 May 2017: Wouter
 	- Fix #1265 to use /bin/kill.
 	- Fix #1267: Libunbound validator/val_secalgo.c uses obsolete APIs,
diff --git a/util/log.c b/util/log.c
index 439541a7c..c14b45834 100644
--- a/util/log.c
+++ b/util/log.c
@@ -103,8 +103,12 @@ log_init(const char* filename, int use_syslog, const char* chrootdir)
 			use_syslog?"syslog":(filename&&filename[0]?filename:"stderr"));
 		lock_quick_lock(&log_lock);
 	}
-	if(logfile && logfile != stderr)
-		fclose(logfile);
+	if(logfile && logfile != stderr) {
+		FILE* cl = logfile;
+		logfile = NULL; /* set to NULL before it is closed, so that
+			other threads have a valid logfile or NULL */
+		fclose(cl);
+	}
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG_H
 	if(logging_to_syslog) {
 		closelog();