Hi, First of all, thanks for the patch.
I suggest making a debdiff from this patch so the maintainers would be able to include it in the package. It will be faster than waiting for the upstream to release a new version. If you need some info about making a debdiff, check this article: http://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/07/04/how-to-prepare-patches-for-debian-packages/
