diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index c5cbcbe..3035b9f 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
   Added tests for the rcpt_ok plugin (Guy Hulbert, issue #4)
 
+  Fix logging when dropping a mail due to size (m. allan noah /
+  kitno455, issue #13)
+
   greylisting: fix db_dir configuration option so it actually works
   (kitno455, issue #6)
 
diff --git a/lib/Qpsmtpd/SMTP.pm b/lib/Qpsmtpd/SMTP.pm
index c3081d4..3fcd593 100644
--- a/lib/Qpsmtpd/SMTP.pm
+++ b/lib/Qpsmtpd/SMTP.pm
@@ -684,7 +684,8 @@ sub data_respond {
   }
 
   #$self->respond(550, $self->transaction->blocked),return 1 if ($self->transaction->blocked);
-  if ( $max_size and $size > $max_size ) {
+  if ($max_size and $size > $max_size) {
+      $self->log(LOGALERT, "Message too big: size: $size (max size: $max_size)");
       $self->respond(552, "Message too big!"); 
       $self->reset_transaction; # clean up after ourselves
       return 1;