diff --git a/Shorewall/Actions/action.A_Drop b/Shorewall/Actions/action.A_Drop.deprecated
similarity index 95%
rename from Shorewall/Actions/action.A_Drop
rename to Shorewall/Actions/action.A_Drop.deprecated
index d2256705b..4b221cc63 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Actions/action.A_Drop
+++ b/Shorewall/Actions/action.A_Drop.deprecated
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ Auth(A_DROP)
 #
 A_AllowICMPs	-	-	icmp
 #
-# Don't log broadcasts
+# Don't log broadcasts and multicasts
 #
 dropBcast(audit)
+dropMcast(audit)
 #
 # Drop packets that are in the INVALID state -- these are usually ICMP packets
 # and just confuse people when they appear in the log.
diff --git a/Shorewall/Actions/action.A_Reject.deprecated b/Shorewall/Actions/action.A_Reject.deprecated
index b371e5231..93317efb7 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Actions/action.A_Reject.deprecated
+++ b/Shorewall/Actions/action.A_Reject.deprecated
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ COUNT
 #
 A_AllowICMPs	-	-	icmp
 #
-# Drop Broadcasts so they don't clutter up the log
-# (broadcasts must *not* be rejected).
+# Drop Broadcasts and multicasts so they don't clutter up the log
+# (these must *not* be rejected).
 #
 dropBcast(audit)
+dropMcast(audit)
 #
 # Drop packets that are in the INVALID state -- these are usually ICMP packets
 # and just confuse people when they appear in the log (these ICMPs cannot be