diff --git a/less.spec b/less.spec
index fd7db28..5304bb5 100644
--- a/less.spec
+++ b/less.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A text file browser similar to more, but better
 Name: less
 Version: 436
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 9%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Group: Applications/Text
 Source: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ ls -la $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/profile.d
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 03 2011 Vojtech Vitek (V-Teq) <vvitek@redhat.com> - 436-9
+- Fix regression in lesspipe.sh script (*.gz files etc.)
+  Resolves #615303 (comment #9)
+
 * Wed Dec 22 2010 Vojtech Vitek (V-Teq) <vvitek@redhat.com> - 436-8
 - The new "--old-bot" option is not documented in the man page
   Resolves: #510724
diff --git a/lesspipe.sh b/lesspipe.sh
index cfb710a..428309a 100755
--- a/lesspipe.sh
+++ b/lesspipe.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ lesspipe() {
 		*.gz)	DECOMPRESSOR="gzip -dc" ;;
 		*.bz2)	DECOMPRESSOR="bzip2 -dc" ;;
 	esac
-	if [ ! -z $DECOMPRESSOR ] ; then
+	if [ ! -z "$DECOMPRESSOR" ] ; then
 	    if $DECOMPRESSOR -- "$1" | file - | grep -q troff; then
 		    if echo "$1" | grep -q ^/; then	#absolute path
 			    man -- "$1" | cat -s