diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9b803bb1a6..e835dfc573 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Fri May  8 12:15:05 CEST 2009 Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>
+
+	* src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c (virDrvOpen): return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED
+	  instead of VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR when vbox can't be found so other
+	  hypervisors can be probed. Patch by Pritesh Kothari.
+
 Fri May  8 12:09:12 CEST 2009 Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>
 
 	* src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c (vboxUninitialize): fix crash when init fails
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
index 6507a69782..30632111ec 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static virDrvOpenStatus vboxOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
     return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
 cleanup:
     vboxUninitialize(data);
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR;
+    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
 }
 
 static int vboxClose(virConnectPtr conn) {