diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8df959337..e1be796d8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.13+2.6.14-rc4-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Allow versions of the form 2.6.13+2.6.14-rc4-1 to work,
     at the expense of -rc4 being part of upstream rather
     than a modifier that can set the ABI. It was a bit invasive,
-    hopefully it doesn't break anything. 
+    hopefully it doesn't break anything.
 
   [ dann frazier ]
   * Enhance the linux-source description to explain the types of patches
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.13+2.6.14-rc4-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Correct linux-patch-debian description.  It replaces the
     kernel-patch-debian packages, not the kernel-source packages.
 
- -- Simon Horman <horms@debian.org>  Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:06:19 +0900
+  [ Jonas Smedegaard ]
+  * Fix building from within a very long dir (all patches was applied at
+    once - exhausting shell commandline, now applied one by one).
+
+ -- Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>  Thu, 20 Oct 2005 01:25:36 +0200
 
 linux-2.6 (2.6.13-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/rules.real b/debian/rules.real
index 9fa2499db..a02afab6c 100644
--- a/debian/rules.real
+++ b/debian/rules.real
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ $(STAMPS_DIR)/source-$(ARCH)-$(SUBARCH): $(BUILD_DIR)/post-install-$(ARCH)-$(SUB
 	touch $(DIR)/debian/official
 	if [ -n '$(patches)' ]; then			\
 	  cd $(DIR);					\
-	  cat $(addprefix $(CURDIR)/,$(patches)) | patch -p1;	\
+	  for patch in $(patches); do cat "$(CURDIR)/$$patch" | patch -p1; done;	\
 	fi
 	install $< $(DIR)/debian/post-install
 	touch $@