diff -Nru spotweb-20130826+dfsg2/debian/changelog spotweb-20130826+dfsg2/debian/changelog
--- spotweb-20130826+dfsg2/debian/changelog	2014-01-17 11:24:57.000000000 +0000
+++ spotweb-20130826+dfsg2/debian/changelog	2014-01-19 22:02:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+spotweb (20130826+dfsg2-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Use 'localhost' for database host if not set by dbconfig-common. 
+    Closes: #736111
+
+ -- Jan-Pascal van Best <janpascal@vanbest.org>  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:58:44 +0100
+
 spotweb (20130826+dfsg2-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream version (v20130826)
diff -Nru spotweb-20130826+dfsg2/debian/dbsettings.inc.php spotweb-20130826+dfsg2/debian/dbsettings.inc.php
--- spotweb-20130826+dfsg2/debian/dbsettings.inc.php	2014-01-17 11:24:57.000000000 +0000
+++ spotweb-20130826+dfsg2/debian/dbsettings.inc.php	2014-01-19 22:02:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 @include '/etc/spotweb/dbconfig.php';
 $dbsettings['engine'] = "pdo_$dbtype";
-$dbsettings['host'] = $dbserver;
+$dbsettings['host'] = $dbserver ?: "localhost";
 $dbsettings['dbname'] = $dbname;
 $dbsettings['user'] = $dbuser;
 $dbsettings['pass'] = $dbpass;