diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index da4cba9e..38af1a8d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-06-24  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	* stk500v2.c (stk600_xprog_write_byte): Handle writing fuse bytes.
+
 2009-04-28  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
 
 	Submitted by Carl Hamilton:
diff --git a/stk500v2.c b/stk500v2.c
index 62a8d7ff..4786e04e 100644
--- a/stk500v2.c
+++ b/stk500v2.c
@@ -3016,6 +3016,9 @@ static int stk600_xprog_write_byte(PROGRAMMER * pgm, AVRPART * p, AVRMEM * mem,
     } else if (strcmp(mem->desc, "lockbits") == 0) {
         b[1] = XPRG_MEM_TYPE_LOCKBITS;
         addr += 0x008f0000;
+    } else if (strncmp(mem->desc, "fuse", strlen("fuse")) == 0) {
+        b[1] = XPRG_MEM_TYPE_FUSE;
+        addr += 0x008f0000;
     } else if (strcmp(mem->desc, "usersig") == 0) {
         b[1] = XPRG_MEM_TYPE_USERSIG;
         addr += 0x008e0000;