diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 998d10f..fd1ff6f 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 2to3.patch
+typo-redwood.patch
diff --git a/debian/patches/typo-redwood.patch b/debian/patches/typo-redwood.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd38dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/typo-redwood.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Description: p/redwood.py: fixed what looks like a typo
+ this typo issued the following message during byte-compilation:
+ .
+  byte-compiling /mnt/data/emollier/debian/python-pauvre/debian/python3-pauvre/usr/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pauvre/redwood.py to redwood.cpython-38.pyc
+    File "/usr/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pauvre/redwood.py", line 706
+      ifargs.BASENAME is None:
+                             ^
+  SyntaxError: invalid syntax
+Author: Etienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org>
+Bug: https://github.com/conchoecia/pauvre/pull/39
+Last-Update: 2020-04-25
+---
+This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
+--- python-pauvre.orig/pauvre/redwood.py
++++ python-pauvre/pauvre/redwood.py
+@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@
+     end = time.time()
+     print(end - start)
+     # Print image(s)
+-    ifargs.BASENAME is None:
++    if args.BASENAME is None:
+         file_base = "redwood"
+     else:
+         file_base = args.BASENAME