diff --git a/daemon/remote.c b/daemon/remote.c
index 93d0eda28..a9ec7bd92 100644
--- a/daemon/remote.c
+++ b/daemon/remote.c
@@ -1683,6 +1683,7 @@ parse_delegpt(SSL* ssl, char* args, uint8_t* nm, int allow_names)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	dp->has_parent_side_NS = 1;
 	return dp;
 }
 
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index a8b9c8d96..8c7051c4d 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 9 July 2015: Wouter
 	- 1.5.4 release tag
 	- trunk has 1.5.5 in development.
+	- Fix #681: Setting forwarders with unbound-control forward
+	  implicitly turns on forward-first.
 
 29 June 2015: Wouter
 	- iana portlist update.