diff --git a/daemon/unbound.c b/daemon/unbound.c
index 0ceee538c..429d14842 100644
--- a/daemon/unbound.c
+++ b/daemon/unbound.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ perform_setup(struct daemon* daemon, struct config_file* cfg, int debug_mode,
 		if(cfg->username && cfg->username[0] && cfg_uid != (uid_t)-1) {
 #  ifdef HAVE_CHOWN
 			if(chown(daemon->pidfile, cfg_uid, cfg_gid) == -1) {
-				log_err("cannot chown %u.%u %s: %s",
+				verbose(VERB_QUERY, "cannot chown %u.%u %s: %s",
 					(unsigned)cfg_uid, (unsigned)cfg_gid,
 					daemon->pidfile, strerror(errno));
 			}
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 91b9d2822..8e1d9e46b 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+12 January 2016: Wouter
+	- Fix #734: Do not log an error when the PID file cannot be chown'ed.
+	  Patch from Simon Deziel.
+
 11 January 2016: Wouter
 	- Fix test if -pthreads unused to use better grep for portability.