diff --git a/contrib/validation-reporter.sh b/contrib/validation-reporter.sh
index 74052b92b..cf95c785f 100755
--- a/contrib/validation-reporter.sh
+++ b/contrib/validation-reporter.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ notify_cmd="nc localhost 1234"
 # first the daemon itself, then the controller for the daemon.
 reporter_daemon() {
 	trap "rm -f \"$pidfile\"" EXIT
-	tail -f $logfile | grep "unbound.*info: validation failure" | \
+	tail -f $logfile | grep --line-buffered "unbound.*info: validation failure" | \
 	while read x; do
 		echo "$x" | $notify_cmd
 	done
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index d8b1d09cb..9d8ddabc5 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+9 March 2012: Wouter
+	- Applied line-buffer patch from Augie Schwer to validation.reporter.sh.
+
 2 March 2012: Wouter
 	- flush_infra cleans timeouted servers from the cache too.
 	- removed warning from --enable-ecdsa.