diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 488e990b72b..425a90e2a49 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug #73904 (php-cgi fails to load -c specified php.ini file). (Anatol)
   . Fixed bug #72898 (PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN is not included in phpinfo()). (Anatol)
 
+- FPM:
+  . Fixed bug #69865 (php-fpm does not close stderr when using syslog). 
+    (m6w6)
+
 - GD:
   . Fixed bug #73968 (Premature failing of XBM reading). (cmb)
 
diff --git a/sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_stdio.c b/sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_stdio.c
index e28c0cbe7fc..40720176e14 100644
--- a/sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_stdio.c
+++ b/sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_stdio.c
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ int fpm_stdio_init_final() /* {{{ */
 				return -1;
 			}
 		}
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG_H
+		else if (fpm_globals.error_log_fd == ZLOG_SYSLOG) {
+			/* dup to /dev/null when using syslog */
+			dup2(STDOUT_FILENO, STDERR_FILENO);
+		}
+#endif
 	}
 	zlog_set_launched();
 	return 0;