diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5dbe0eb284e63870b1d677dbfa1ac0b9b495deae..95da3e7f4cceac23f8249e624707ce49d2aed4c5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ CVS code -
   do_replace_loop()
 	- Fix potential infinite loop when doing a forward regex replace
 	  of "$". (DLR; found by Mike Frysinger)
+- winio.c:
+  get_accepted_kbinput()
+	- Translate Ctrl-8 into NANO_DELETE_KEY, since it apparently is
+	  generated at the statusbar prompt sometimes on Linux. (DLR)
 
 GNU nano 1.3.0 - 2003.10.22
 - General:
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index b221a7ea57b63a1d8b52a0078fed604add7f6165..844ce7c931cb4c9d94ac5e1fdb676e76b610d518 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ int get_accepted_kbinput(WINDOW *win, int kbinput, int *meta,
 		    *meta = 1;
 	    }
 	    break;
+	case NANO_CONTROL_8:
+	    /* Terminal breakage, part 2: We shouldn't get Ctrl-8
+	     * (Ctrl-?) for Backspace, but we do sometimes on Linux. */
+	    kbinput = NANO_BACKSPACE_KEY;
+	    break;
 	case KEY_DOWN:
 	    kbinput = NANO_DOWN_KEY;
 	    break;
@@ -185,7 +190,7 @@ int get_accepted_kbinput(WINDOW *win, int kbinput, int *meta,
 	    kbinput = NANO_BACKSPACE_KEY;
 	    break;
 	case KEY_DC:
-	    /* Terminal breakage, part 2: We should only get KEY_DC when
+	    /* Terminal breakage, part 3: We should only get KEY_DC when
 	     * hitting Delete, but we get it when hitting Backspace
 	     * sometimes on FreeBSD.  Thank you, Lee Nelson. */
 	    kbinput = (rebind_delete) ? NANO_BACKSPACE_KEY : NANO_DELETE_KEY;