diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java
index 4c875735b..1c4ea7b27 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java
@@ -971,6 +971,27 @@ public class Client
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Should we be logging the specified failure?
+     */
+    protected boolean isFailureLoggable (FailureType type)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The types of failures that may occur in our associated classes, which may call
+     * isFailureLoggable() for use to arbitrate whether we want to log the error.
+     */
+    protected enum FailureType
+    {
+        /** An attempt was made to unsubscribe from an object that is not proxied. */
+        UNSUBSCRIBE_NOT_PROXIED,
+
+        // TODO: fill out more
+        ;
+    }
+
     /** Handles the process of switching between servers. See {@link Client#moveToServer}. */
     protected class ServerSwitcher extends ClientAdapter
     {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/client/ClientDObjectMgr.java b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/client/ClientDObjectMgr.java
index 089043813..b8b294f43 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/client/ClientDObjectMgr.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/client/ClientDObjectMgr.java
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ public class ClientDObjectMgr
         if (dobj != null) {
             dobj.removeSubscriber(target);
 
-        } else {
+        } else if (_client.isFailureLoggable(Client.FailureType.UNSUBSCRIBE_NOT_PROXIED)) {
             log.info("Requested to remove subscriber from non-proxied object", "oid", oid,
                      "sub", target);
         }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/peer/server/PeerNode.java b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/peer/server/PeerNode.java
index 4f38879ac..0a062e1a8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/peer/server/PeerNode.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/peer/server/PeerNode.java
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ public class PeerNode
             @Override protected Communicator createCommunicator () {
                 return PeerNode.this.createCommunicator(this);
             }
+            @Override protected boolean isFailureLoggable (FailureType type) {
+                return (type != FailureType.UNSUBSCRIBE_NOT_PROXIED) &&
+                        super.isFailureLoggable(type);
+            }
         };
         _client.addClientObserver(this);
     }