diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index bb7980560..0a56dd4f8 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ use constant { STANDARD => 1,              #defined by Netfilter
 #
 our %targets = ('ACCEPT'       => STANDARD,
 		'ACCEPT+'      => STANDARD  + NONAT,
-		'ACCEPT-'      => STANDARD
+		'ACCEPT-'      => STANDARD,
 		'ACCEPT!'      => STANDARD,
 		'NONAT'        => STANDARD  + NONAT + NATONLY,
 		'DROP'         => STANDARD,
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index e0db0b063..a3e867b17 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -912,6 +912,8 @@ sub process_rule1 ( $$$$$$$$$ ) {
 	$action = 'reject';
     } elsif ( $action eq 'CONTINUE' ) {
 	$action = 'RETURN';
+    } elsif ( $actiontype & LOGRULE ) {
+	fatal_error 'LOG requires a log level' unless defined $loglevel and $loglevel ne '';
     }
     #
     # Isolate and validate source and destination zones