diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index a021db5dd..535fe9673 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@
     <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2017-02-07</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Add bash-4.4 upstream fixes patch. </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2017-02-05</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index ccec27808..569d4e32d 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@
   <itemizedlist>
     <title>Added:</title>
     <listitem><para></para></listitem>  <!-- satisfy build -->
+
+    <listitem>
+      <para>bash-4.4-upstream_fixes-1.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
 <!--
     <listitem>
       <para>gcc-6.1.0-asan-1.patch</para>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index e4b3afdf3..c298bc79f 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   needed to build an LFS system:</para>
 
   <variablelist role="materials">
-<!--
+
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Bash Upstream Fixes Patch - <token>&bash-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&bash-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
--->
+
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Bc Memory Leak Patch - <token>&bc-memory-leak-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/bash.xml b/chapter06/bash.xml
index 8c5896ece..1d1e9fc10 100644
--- a/chapter06/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bash.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Bash</title>
 
+    <para>Incorporate some upstream fixes:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr                       \
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index c2d561045..c4856148c 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20170205">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20170207">
 <!ENTITY short-version   "svn">  <!-- Used below in &blfs-book; 
                                       Change to x.y for release but not -rc releases -->
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development"  or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
 
-<!ENTITY versiond        "20170205-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond        "20170207-systemd">
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "February 5, 2016">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "February 7, 2016">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2017"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "8.0">
 
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index c88d56e2d..dff83fa98 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 <!-- Start of Common Patches -->
 
+<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch "bash-&bash-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch">
+<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch-md5 "e3d5bf23a4e5628680893d46e6ff286e">
+<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch-size "17 KB">
+
 <!ENTITY bc-memory-leak-patch "bc-&bc-version;-memory_leak-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY bc-memory-leak-patch-md5 "877e81fba316fe487ec23501059d54b8">
 <!ENTITY bc-memory-leak-patch-size "1.4 KB">