Los Angeles - Legendary protest singer Bob Dylan is getting some protests of his own over a portable toilet at his exclusive Malibu compound which neighbors say is fouling up the neighbourhood's ocean air, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

Borrowing one of the folk bard's most famous lines, the report said that the stench "blowin' in the wind" had made members of one family ill and forced them to abandon their bedrooms on warm nights.

The family claimed that Dylan, 67, has ignored their complaints for six months.

"It's a scandal -- 'Mr Civil Rights' is killing our civil rights," said David Emminger, whose home is directly behind the toilet, and whose front yard now features five industrial-sized fans that attempt to blow the odor back at Dylan, but which are usually overpowered by the ocean breezes.

A complaint to the city has yielded no help for the neighbours.

A city manager told the paper however that he had driven by the property where Dylan has lived for 20 years and couldn't detect any obnoxious smells. (dpa)