diff --git a/vfs/ChangeLog b/vfs/ChangeLog
index 55ff339e6..e63a9e088 100644
--- a/vfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/vfs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-03-24  Adam Byrtek  <alpha@debian.org>
+
+	* extfs/patchfs.in: Treat '\ No newline at end of file' line
+	as valid diff contents.
+
 2003-03-14  Lorinczy Zsigmond  <lzsiga@mail.ahiv.hu>
 
 	* ftpfs.c (login_server): Ask user for account if the server
diff --git a/vfs/extfs/patchfs.in b/vfs/extfs/patchfs.in
index 092fe0b2d..9054848ee 100644
--- a/vfs/extfs/patchfs.in
+++ b/vfs/extfs/patchfs.in
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ my $parsedates = eval 'require Date::Parse';
 # regular expressions
 my $unified_header=qr/^--- .*\n\+\+\+ .*\n@@ .* @@.*\n$/;
 my $unified_extract=qr/^--- ([^\s]+).*\n\+\+\+ ([^\s]+)\s*([^\t\n]*)/;
-my $unified_contents=qr/^([+\- \n]|@@ .* @@)/;
+my $unified_contents=qr/^([+\-\\ \n]|@@ .* @@)/;
 
 my $context_header=qr/^\*\*\* .*\n--- .*\n\*{15}\n$/;
 my $context_extract=qr/^\*\*\* ([^\s]+).*\n--- ([^\s]+)\s*([^\t\n]*)/;
-my $context_contents=qr/^([!+\- \n]|-{3} .* -{4}|\*{3} .* \*{4}|\*{15})/;
+my $context_contents=qr/^([!+\-\\ \n]|-{3} .* -{4}|\*{3} .* \*{4}|\*{15})/;
 
 my $ls_extract_id=qr/^[^\s]+\s+[^\s]+\s+([^\s]+)\s+([^\s]+)/;
 my $basename=qr|^(.*/)*([^/]+)$|;