diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 39f6d335..1a24aadb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ repository history](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/commits/master).
   * Added support for moving secrets out of the configuration through environment variables
   * Extended postscript mechanism
   * sample-get-ip-from-fritzbox: Added environment variable to override hostname
+  * Warn about hosts where no IP could be determined - and skip the (bogus) update.
 
 ### Provider updates:
   * Added regfish
diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index 65076d26..2cb24c2f 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -1328,6 +1328,12 @@ sub update_nics {
             # But we will set 'wantip' to the IPv4 so old functions continue to work until we update them all
             $config{$h}{'wantip'}   = $ipv4       if (!$ip && $ipv4);
 
+            if (!$ip && !$ipv4 && !$ipv6)
+            {
+                warning("Could not determine an IP for %s", $h);
+                next;
+            }
+
             next if !nic_updateable($h, $updateable);
             push @hosts, $h;