diff -Nru maas-1.5.4+bzr2294/debian/changelog maas-1.5.4+bzr2294/debian/changelog
--- maas-1.5.4+bzr2294/debian/changelog	2014-09-19 20:53:28.000000000 +0000
+++ maas-1.5.4+bzr2294/debian/changelog	2014-12-04 18:59:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+maas (1.5.4+bzr2294-0ubuntu1.2) trusty-security; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix compatibility with mod-wsgi security update (LP: #1399016)
+    - debian/patches/home-directory.patch: specify a valid home directory
+      for the maas user, since mod-wsgi no longer works without one.
+
+ -- Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:59:56 -0500
+
 maas (1.5.4+bzr2294-0ubuntu1.1) trusty-proposed; urgency=medium
 
   * Add hardware enablement for armhf/keystone (LP: #1350103)
diff -Nru maas-1.5.4+bzr2294/debian/patches/home-directory.patch maas-1.5.4+bzr2294/debian/patches/home-directory.patch
--- maas-1.5.4+bzr2294/debian/patches/home-directory.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ maas-1.5.4+bzr2294/debian/patches/home-directory.patch	2014-12-04 18:59:51.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Description: Fix compatibility with mod-wsgi security update
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1399016
+
+Index: maas-1.7.0~beta8+bzr3272/contrib/maas-http.conf
+===================================================================
+--- maas-1.7.0~beta8+bzr3272.orig/contrib/maas-http.conf	2014-10-22 12:55:39.000000000 -0400
++++ maas-1.7.0~beta8+bzr3272/contrib/maas-http.conf	2014-12-04 13:56:05.790551266 -0500
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-WSGIDaemonProcess maas user=maas group=maas processes=2 threads=1 display-name=%{GROUP}
++WSGIDaemonProcess maas user=maas group=maas home=/var/lib/maas/ processes=2 threads=1 display-name=%{GROUP}
+ 
+ # Without this, defining a tag as a malformed xpath expression will hang
+ # the region controller.
diff -Nru maas-1.5.4+bzr2294/debian/patches/series maas-1.5.4+bzr2294/debian/patches/series
--- maas-1.5.4+bzr2294/debian/patches/series	2014-09-19 20:39:01.000000000 +0000
+++ maas-1.5.4+bzr2294/debian/patches/series	2014-12-04 18:59:51.000000000 +0000
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 02-pserv-config.patch
 03-txlongpoll-config.patch
 04-enable-armhf-keystone.patch
+home-directory.patch