diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9d1c7b0d3a..e32d47e18a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-02-18  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
+
+	* nscd/connections.c (handle_request): Don't abort() if unknown
+	command is sent.
+
 2000-02-17  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
 	* nscd/hstcache.c (cache_addhst): Don't cache name->record entries
diff --git a/nscd/connections.c b/nscd/connections.c
index 2db64c14b5..f80ca856a9 100644
--- a/nscd/connections.c
+++ b/nscd/connections.c
@@ -375,7 +375,8 @@ cannot handle old request version %d; current version is %d"),
       break;
 
     default:
-      abort ();
+      /* Ignore the command, it's nothing we know.  */
+      break;
     }
 }