diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 526eb0be..1b823109 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Changes in 1.4.4-stable:
  o Correct the documentation on buffer printf functions.
+ o Don't warn on unimplemented epoll_create(): this isn't a problem, just a reason to fall back to poll or select.
 
 Changes in 1.4.3-stable:
  o include Content-Length in reply for HTTP/1.0 requests with keep-alive
diff --git a/epoll.c b/epoll.c
index 953a4969..fe3d1d09 100644
--- a/epoll.c
+++ b/epoll.c
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ epoll_init(struct event_base *base)
 	/* Initalize the kernel queue */
 
 	if ((epfd = epoll_create(nfiles)) == -1) {
-                event_warn("epoll_create");
+		if (errno != ENOSYS)
+			event_warn("epoll_create");
 		return (NULL);
 	}