diff --git a/debian/jail.conf b/debian/jail.conf
index 258bbd7d..b07ccc6e 100644
--- a/debian/jail.conf
+++ b/debian/jail.conf
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ destemail = root@localhost
 #
 
 # Default banning action (e.g. iptables, iptables-new,
-# iptables-multiport, shorewall, etc) It is used to define 
-# action_* variables. Can be overridden globally or per 
+# iptables-multiport, shorewall, etc) It is used to define
+# action_* variables. Can be overridden globally or per
 # section within jail.local file
 banaction = iptables-multiport
 
@@ -51,24 +51,27 @@ mta = sendmail
 # Default protocol
 protocol = tcp
 
+# Specify chain where jumps would need to be added in iptables-* actions
+chain = INPUT
+
 #
 # Action shortcuts. To be used to define action parameter
 
 # The simplest action to take: ban only
-action_ = %(banaction)s[name=%(__name__)s, port="%(port)s", protocol="%(protocol)s"]
+action_ = %(banaction)s[name=%(__name__)s, port="%(port)s", protocol="%(protocol)s", chain="%(chain)s"]
 
 # ban & send an e-mail with whois report to the destemail.
-action_mw = %(banaction)s[name=%(__name__)s, port="%(port)s", protocol="%(protocol)s"]
-              %(mta)s-whois[name=%(__name__)s, dest="%(destemail)s", protocol="%(protocol)s"]
+action_mw = %(banaction)s[name=%(__name__)s, port="%(port)s", protocol="%(protocol)s", chain="%(chain)s"]
+              %(mta)s-whois[name=%(__name__)s, dest="%(destemail)s", protocol="%(protocol)s", chain="%(chain)s"]
 
 # ban & send an e-mail with whois report and relevant log lines
 # to the destemail.
-action_mwl = %(banaction)s[name=%(__name__)s, port="%(port)s", protocol="%(protocol)s"]
-               %(mta)s-whois-lines[name=%(__name__)s, dest="%(destemail)s", logpath=%(logpath)s]
- 
+action_mwl = %(banaction)s[name=%(__name__)s, port="%(port)s", protocol="%(protocol)s", chain="%(chain)s"]
+               %(mta)s-whois-lines[name=%(__name__)s, dest="%(destemail)s", logpath=%(logpath)s, chain="%(chain)s"]
+
 # Choose default action.  To change, just override value of 'action' with the
 # interpolation to the chosen action shortcut (e.g.  action_mw, action_mwl, etc) in jail.local
-# globally (section [DEFAULT]) or per specific section 
+# globally (section [DEFAULT]) or per specific section
 action = %(action_)s
 
 #
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ action = %(action_)s
 # Next jails corresponds to the standard configuration in Fail2ban 0.6 which
 # was shipped in Debian. Enable any defined here jail by including
 #
-# [SECTION_NAME] 
+# [SECTION_NAME]
 # enabled = true
 
 #