diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8453acda..b0a9c8fb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ shadow (1:4.1.0-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - debian/rules: large files are now supported by configure. Remove
       -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 from
       CFLAGS.
+    - 479_chowntty_debug was debian specific. Renamed to 579_chowntty_debug
 
  -- Nicolas FRANCOIS (Nekral) <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:33:26 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/479_chowntty_debug b/debian/patches/579_chowntty_debug
similarity index 100%
rename from debian/patches/479_chowntty_debug
rename to debian/patches/579_chowntty_debug
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index bb9b2ea9..3e376b86 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 466_fflush-prompt
 523_su_arguments_are_concatenated
 523_su_arguments_are_no_more_concatenated_by_default
-479_chowntty_debug
+579_chowntty_debug
 480_getopt_args_reorder
 483_su_fakelogin_wrong_arg0
 491_configure.in_friendly_selinux_detection