diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5cd18690..e38aca21 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-08-30 Joerg Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	Contributed by the anonymous developer of patch #5096:
+	* avrdude.conf.in (blaster): Add an entry for the Altera
+	byteblaster.
+
 2006-08-30 Joerg Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
 
 	Rework the exit specs so they actually work again.  It should be
diff --git a/avrdude.conf.in b/avrdude.conf.in
index 438b3e51..b41c926c 100644
--- a/avrdude.conf.in
+++ b/avrdude.conf.in
@@ -592,6 +592,18 @@ programmer
   miso  = 10;
 ;
 
+programmer
+  id    = "blaster";
+  desc  = "Altera ByteBlaster";
+  type  = par;
+  sck   = 2;
+  miso  = 11;
+  reset = 3;
+  mosi  = 8;
+  buff  = 14;
+;
+
+
 @HAVE_PARPORT_END@
 
 #