diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a289a4b3b18dcdd1b4ce6dbff44b8c7b2b568cab..fb2d973a703699c9ecdf08e0b6feb005d6c050b0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ brltty (5.5-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * initramfs/hooks/brltty.in, initramfs/scripts/init-premount/brltty: Update
     /sbin/brltty paths.
 
+  [ Mario Lang ]
+  * git-ba42441d03c6145fe6859c90fb01b1fa16221a2f: New patch to prevent scancodes
+    from generating spurious log messages.
+
  -- Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>  Sun, 01 Oct 2017 23:11:34 +0200
 
 brltty (5.5-3) experimental; urgency=medium
diff --git a/debian/patches/git-ba42441d03c6145fe6859c90fb01b1fa16221a2f b/debian/patches/git-ba42441d03c6145fe6859c90fb01b1fa16221a2f
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e6a6f449a9dc6fea025a478eb5a5d3bcb59dc491
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/git-ba42441d03c6145fe6859c90fb01b1fa16221a2f
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+commit ba42441d03c6145fe6859c90fb01b1fa16221a2f
+Author: Mario Lang <mlang@delysid.org>
+Date:   Thu Nov 30 13:14:47 2017 +0100
+
+    Prevent scancodes from generating spurious log messages. (ml)
+
+diff --git a/Drivers/Braille/HandyTech/braille.c b/Drivers/Braille/HandyTech/braille.c
+index 53fb4a16e..4c4a9289c 100644
+--- a/Drivers/Braille/HandyTech/braille.c
++++ b/Drivers/Braille/HandyTech/braille.c
+@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ brl_readCommand (BrailleDisplay *brl, KeyTableCommandContext context) {
+                   case HT_EXTPKT_Scancode: {
+                     while (length--)
+                       enqueueCommand(BRL_CMD_BLK(PASSAT) | BRL_ARG_PUT(*bytes++));
+-                    break;
++                    continue;
+                   }
+ 
+                   case HT_EXTPKT_GetRTC: {
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index b3890aeb2282ba97d56f6c389c5fbaa5e92e8d23..c58b1ff21d24f1e066c26e26686e222b5a9d012a 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ disable-synth-callback.patch
 api_startup.patch
 git-07ecca2240c680373e9c2e5e38241edde9d1a677
 brldefs-install.patch
+git-ba42441d03c6145fe6859c90fb01b1fa16221a2f