diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0a40c4917..4869482d8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-08-30  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/GrampsDbUtils/_WriteGedcom.py (GedcomWriter.__write_person_name): fix
+	handling of patronymic names
+
 2007-08-30  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/RelLib/_MediaObject.py (MediaObject.unserialize): fix init of
 	self.marker
diff --git a/src/GrampsDbUtils/_WriteGedcom.py b/src/GrampsDbUtils/_WriteGedcom.py
index 3984af1f1..ae0a2d3ea 100644
--- a/src/GrampsDbUtils/_WriteGedcom.py
+++ b/src/GrampsDbUtils/_WriteGedcom.py
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ class GedcomWriter(UpdateCallback):
         firstname = name.get_first_name().strip()
         patron = name.get_patronymic().strip()
         if patron:
-            firstname = "%s %s" % (first, patron)
+            firstname = "%s %s" % (firstname, patron)
 
         surname = name.get_surname().replace('/', '?')
         surprefix = name.get_surname_prefix().replace('/', '?')