diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 041c10516..78af63b84 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 18 February 2019: Wouter
 	- Print query name with ip_ratelimit exceeded log lines.
+	- Spaces instead of tabs in that log message.
 
 14 February 2019: Wouter
 	- Fix capsforid canonical sort qsort callback.
diff --git a/services/cache/infra.c b/services/cache/infra.c
index fa127e918..5ced2d5bb 100644
--- a/services/cache/infra.c
+++ b/services/cache/infra.c
@@ -1024,6 +1024,10 @@ int infra_ip_ratelimit_inc(struct infra_cache* infra,
 					qnm, sizeof(qnm));
 				if(strlen(qnm)>0 && qnm[strlen(qnm)-1]=='\n')
 					qnm[strlen(qnm)-1] = 0; /*remove newline*/
+				if(strchr(qnm, '\t'))
+					*strchr(qnm, '\t') = ' ';
+				if(strchr(qnm, '\t'))
+					*strchr(qnm, '\t') = ' ';
 				verbose(VERB_OPS, "ip_ratelimit exceeded %s %d %s",
 					client_ip, infra_ip_ratelimit, qnm);
 			} else {