diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6593187..0651c1c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     libtest-nowarnings-perl.
   * debian/copyright: update formatting, years of upstream copyright and list
     of copyright holders.
+  * Add a patch to fix a spelling mistake.
 
  -- gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:10:19 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5299247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+spelling.patch
diff --git a/debian/patches/spelling.patch b/debian/patches/spelling.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cf782e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/spelling.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Description: fix a spelling mistake
+Origin: vendor
+Forwarded: no
+Author: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
+Last-Update: 2010-04-18
+
+--- a/lib/POE/Component/SSLify/ClientHandle.pm
++++ b/lib/POE/Component/SSLify/ClientHandle.pm
+@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ POE::Component::SSLify::ClientHandle - c
+ 
+ =head1 DESCRIPTION
+ 
+-	This is a subclass of ServerHandle to accomodate clients setting custom context objects.
++	This is a subclass of ServerHandle to accommodate clients setting custom context objects.
+ 
+ =head1 SEE ALSO
+