diff --git a/util-linux-2.12p-look-separator.patch b/util-linux-2.12p-look-separator.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd48b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util-linux-2.12p-look-separator.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- util-linux-2.12p/misc-utils/look.c.sep	2005-05-02 12:51:17.808227240 +0200
++++ util-linux-2.12p/misc-utils/look.c	2005-05-02 12:53:18.078943312 +0200
+@@ -327,9 +327,12 @@
+ 	/* copy, ignoring things that should be ignored */
+ 	p = comparbuf;
+ 	i = stringlen;
+-	while(s2 < s2end && *s2 != '\n' && i--) {
++	while(s2 < s2end && *s2 != '\n' && i) {
+ 		if (!dflag || isalnum(*s2))
++		{
+ 			*p++ = *s2;
++			i--;
++		}
+ 		s2++;
+ 	}
+ 	*p = 0;