diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 81ecca31f..305dec4e9 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+5 December 2016: Ralph
+	- Fix #1173: differ local-zone type deny from unset
+	  tag_actions element.
+
 5 December 2016: Wouter
 	- Fix #1170: document that 'inform' local-zone uses local-data.
 
- 1 December 2016: Ralph
- 	- hyphen as minus fix, by Andreas Schulze
+1 December 2016: Ralph
+	- hyphen as minus fix, by Andreas Schulze
 
 30 November 2016: Ralph
 	- Added local-zones and local-data bulk addition and removal
diff --git a/services/localzone.h b/services/localzone.h
index 46f5cdbec..f35771004 100644
--- a/services/localzone.h
+++ b/services/localzone.h
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ struct config_strlist;
  * local-data directly.
  */
 enum localzone_type {
-	/** drop query */
-	local_zone_deny = 0,
+	/** drop query. Start at 1 to differ from unset tag_actions element. */
+	local_zone_deny = 1,
 	/** answer with error */
 	local_zone_refuse,
 	/** answer nxdomain or nodata */