diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e74dd5d2..14292a26 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+fail2ban (0.7.4-1) experimental; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release
+
+ -- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>  Wed,  1 Nov 2006 20:54:14 -0500
+
 fail2ban (0.7.4~pre20061023.2-3) experimental; urgency=low
 
   * Corrected init.d script to properly perform restart due to server delay to
diff --git a/debian/jail.conf b/debian/jail.conf
index b56046c1..2baf5923 100644
--- a/debian/jail.conf
+++ b/debian/jail.conf
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ ignoreip = 127.0.0.1
 bantime  = 600
 maxretry = 3
 
+# "backend" specifies the backend used to get files modification. Available
+# options are "gamin", "polling" and "auto".
+# yoh: For some reason Debian shipped python-gamin didn't work as expected
+#      This issue left ToDo, so polling is default backend for now
+backend = polling
+
+#
 # Destination email address used solely for the interpolations in
 # jail.{conf,local} configuration files.
 destemail = root@localhost