diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3d757864..ab9a40c6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+fail2ban (0.7.5-2etch1~pre1) stable-security; urgency=low
+
+  * Propagated fix for asctime pattern from 0.7.8 release (closes: #421848)
+
+ -- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>  Tue, 01 May 2007 22:18:03 -0400
+
 fail2ban (0.7.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * NEWS.Debian confusions - the latest NEWS entry and postinst message were
diff --git a/debian/patches/00list b/debian/patches/00list
index 66ed4e58..4bf90324 100644
--- a/debian/patches/00list
+++ b/debian/patches/00list
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ X00_rigid_python24
 10_dbts_manpages
 10_wuftpd_section
 00_mail-whois-lines
+s00_asctime-0.7.8
diff --git a/debian/patches/s00_asctime-0.7.8.dpatch b/debian/patches/s00_asctime-0.7.8.dpatch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7927202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/s00_asctime-0.7.8.dpatch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+## s00_asctime-0.7.8.dpatch by Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>
+##
+## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
+## DP: Propagates fix from 0.7.8 to have #421848 fixed
+
+@DPATCH@
+diff -urNad fail2ban-0.7.5~/server/datedetector.py fail2ban-0.7.5/server/datedetector.py
+--- fail2ban-0.7.5~/server/datedetector.py	2006-11-12 12:18:35.000000000 -0500
++++ fail2ban-0.7.5/server/datedetector.py	2007-05-01 22:35:51.000000000 -0400
+@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
+ 		# asctime
+ 		template = DateStrptime()
+ 		template.setName("Weekday Month Day Hour:Minute:Second Year")
+-		template.setRegex("\S{3} \S{3} \d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} \d{4}")
++		template.setRegex("\S{3} \S{3}\s{1,2}\d{1,2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} \d{4}")
+ 		template.setPattern("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y")
+ 		self.__templates.append(template)
+ 		# simple date