A pharyngeal salivary mucocele was diagnosed in a seven-year-old male Irish softcoated wheaten terrier. Thediagnosis was based on history, clinical findings, paracentesis and histopathology. An underlying etiology was notidentified. Treatment consisted of the surgical removal of the mandibular and sublingual glands on the affected sideand the resection of redundant pharyngeal tissue. Neither postsurgical complications, nor recurrence of the mucocelewere observed ten months later.