diff --git a/patches/no-host.patch b/patches/no-host.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5121d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/no-host.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: ddclient
+===================================================================
+--- ddclient	(revision 88)
++++ ddclient	(working copy)
+@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@
+     my $sub    = shift;
+     my $update = 0;
+ 
+-    if ($config{$host}{'login'} eq '') {
++    if (!($config{$host}{'login'})) {
+ 	warning("null login name specified for host %s.", $host);
+ 
+     } elsif ($config{$host}{'password'} eq '') {