diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1d0642af..2379fd2b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ NEWS
   * cmake: Add -export-dynamic to link flags, fixes build on FreeBSD
   * Set FD_CLOEXEC for bound sockets before pipe-logger forks (fixes #2026)
   * Reset ignored signals to SIG_DFL before exec() in fastcgi/scgi (fixes #2029)
+  * Show "no uri specified -> 400" error only when "debug.log-request-header-on-error" is enabled (fixes #2030)
 
 - 1.4.23 - 2009-06-19
   * Added some extra warning options in cmake and fix the resulting warnings (unused/static functions)
diff --git a/src/request.c b/src/request.c
index c5762e40..d8fe5e19 100644
--- a/src/request.c
+++ b/src/request.c
@@ -540,8 +540,8 @@ int http_request_parse(server *srv, connection *con) {
 		con->response.keep_alive = 0;
 		con->keep_alive = 0;
 
-		log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "s", "no uri specified -> 400");
 		if (srv->srvconf.log_request_header_on_error) {
+			log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "s", "no uri specified -> 400");
 			log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "Sb",
 							"request-header:\n",
 							con->request.request);