diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a28d8656..818b2532 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ ver. 0.8.3 (2008/??/??) - stable
 - Added gssftpd filter. Thanks to Kevin Zembower.
 - Added "Day/Month/Year Hour:Minute:Second" date template.
   Thanks to Dennis Winter.
+- Fixed ignoreregex processing in fail2ban-client. Thanks to
+  René Berber.
 
 ver. 0.8.2 (2008/03/06) - stable
 ----------
diff --git a/client/jailreader.py b/client/jailreader.py
index 5ba44034..14684e43 100644
--- a/client/jailreader.py
+++ b/client/jailreader.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class JailReader(ConfigReader):
 			elif opt == "failregex":
 				stream.append(["set", self.__name, "failregex", self.__opts[opt]])
 			elif opt == "ignoreregex":
-				stream.append(["set", self.__name, "ignoreregex", self.__opts[opt]])
+				stream.append(["set", self.__name, "addignoreregex", self.__opts[opt]])
 		stream.extend(self.__filter.convert())
 		for action in self.__actions:
 			stream.extend(action.convert())