diff --git a/ripd/ChangeLog b/ripd/ChangeLog
index 1372280..5a5d1b4 100644
--- a/ripd/ChangeLog
+++ b/ripd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-30 Andrew J. Schorr <ajschorr@alumni.princeton.edu>
+
+	* ripd.c: (rip_create_socket) Save errno before calling
+	  ripd_privs.change.
+
 2005-01-04 Andrew J. Schorr <ajschorr@alumni.princeton.edu>
 
 	* ripd.c: (rip_recvmsg) Use ZCMSG_FIRSTHDR instead of CMSG_FIRSTHDR.
diff --git a/ripd/ripd.c b/ripd/ripd.c
index c5baf8a..2a345a6 100644
--- a/ripd/ripd.c
+++ b/ripd/ripd.c
@@ -2002,9 +2002,11 @@
   ret = bind (sock, (struct sockaddr *) & addr, sizeof (addr));
   if (ret < 0)
     {
-      perror ("bind");
+      int save_errno = errno;
       if (ripd_privs.change (ZPRIVS_LOWER))
         zlog_err ("rip_create_socket: could not lower privs");
+      zlog_err("cannot bind to port %d: %s",
+	       (int)ntohs(addr.sin_port), safe_strerror(save_errno));
       return ret;
     }
   if (ripd_privs.change (ZPRIVS_LOWER))