diff -Nru gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/changelog gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/changelog
--- gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/changelog	2014-02-04 18:39:36.000000000 +0000
+++ gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/changelog	2014-02-09 08:22:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+gramps (4.0.3+dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Correct gtkspell dependency (Closes: #737715)
+  * Apply patch from upstream to fix empty string bug (Closes: #738104)
+
+ -- Ross Gammon <rossgammon@mail.dk>  Wed, 05 Feb 2014 23:47:46 +0100
+
 gramps (4.0.3+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release (Closes: #720858)
diff -Nru gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/control gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/control
--- gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/control	2014-02-04 18:39:36.000000000 +0000
+++ gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/control	2014-02-09 08:22:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 Suggests:
  fonts-freefont-ttf,
  gir1.2-gexiv2-0.4,
- gir1.2-gtk-gtkspell3-3.0,
+ gir1.2-gtkspell3-3.0,
  python-pil,
  rcs
 Description: Genealogical research program
diff -Nru gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/patches/0003-7429-Fix-bug-when-an-empty-string-is-used-as-custom-.patch gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/patches/0003-7429-Fix-bug-when-an-empty-string-is-used-as-custom-.patch
--- gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/patches/0003-7429-Fix-bug-when-an-empty-string-is-used-as-custom-.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/patches/0003-7429-Fix-bug-when-an-empty-string-is-used-as-custom-.patch	2014-02-09 08:22:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From: Nick Hall <nick__hall@hotmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 15:42:45 +0000
+Subject: 7429: Fix bug when an empty string is used as custom type
+
+From: Nick Hall <nick__hall@hotmail.com>
+Subject: Fix bug when an empty string is used as custom type
+
+ * gramps/gui/autocomp.py: Minor patch
+
+Origin: upstream, http://sourceforge.net/p/gramps/source/ci/4c51f7d033b42bf1f4faa8a6875a9794fed99547/
+Bug: https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=7429
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=738104
+---
+ gramps/gui/autocomp.py | 3 +--
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/gramps/gui/autocomp.py b/gramps/gui/autocomp.py
+index ef748e3..bcfdc1e 100644
+--- a/gramps/gui/autocomp.py
++++ b/gramps/gui/autocomp.py
+@@ -276,8 +276,7 @@ class StandardCustomSelector(object):
+         instance.
+         """
+         if isinstance(event_type, STRTYPE):
+-            if event_type:
+-                return (self.custom_key, event_type)
++            return (self.custom_key, event_type)
+         elif isinstance(event_type, tuple):
+             if event_type[1]:
+                 return (event_type[0], event_type[1])
diff -Nru gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/patches/series gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/patches/series
--- gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/patches/series	2014-02-04 18:39:36.000000000 +0000
+++ gramps-4.0.3+dfsg/debian/patches/series	2014-02-09 08:22:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 0001-Correct-resource-path-in-setup.py.patch
 0002-Disable-HTML-View.patch
+0003-7429-Fix-bug-when-an-empty-string-is-used-as-custom-.patch