diff --git a/src/misc/syslog.c b/src/misc/syslog.c
index e026f9b..8785042 100644
--- a/src/misc/syslog.c
+++ b/src/misc/syslog.c
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ static void _vsyslog(int priority, const char *message, va_list ap)
 		if (l2 >= sizeof buf - l) l = sizeof buf - 1;
 		else l += l2;
 		if (buf[l-1] != '\n') buf[l++] = '\n';
-		if (send(log_fd, buf, l, 0) < 0 && (log_opt & LOG_CONS)) {
+		if (send(log_fd, buf, l, 0) < 0 && (errno != ECONNREFUSED
+		    || connect(fd, (void *)&log_addr, sizeof log_addr) < 0
+		    || send(log_fd, buf, l, 0) < 0)
+		    && (log_opt & LOG_CONS)) {
 			fd = open("/dev/console", O_WRONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_CLOEXEC);
 			if (fd >= 0) {
 				dprintf(fd, "%.*s", l-hlen, buf+hlen);