diff --git a/devscripts.changes b/devscripts.changes
index dfbc3cc..a603ac1 100644
--- a/devscripts.changes
+++ b/devscripts.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jun 29 20:34:29 UTC 2013 - asterios.dramis@gmail.com
+
+- Added a patch (fix_pod_syntax.patch) to fix build with perl 5.18.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 12 09:11:49 UTC 2013 - frank.lichtenheld@sophos.com
 
diff --git a/devscripts.spec b/devscripts.spec
index 2360bfe..186d067 100644
--- a/devscripts.spec
+++ b/devscripts.spec
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Patch2:         devscripts-pod2man-no-utf8.patch
 Patch3:         devscripts-2.11.7-remove-install-layout-deb.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE support old versions of File::Patch (SLE 11)
 Patch4:         devscripts-old-File-Path.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM fix_pod_syntax.patch asterios.dramis@gmail.com -- Fix pod syntax (fixes build with perl 5.18)
+Patch5:         fix_pod_syntax.patch
 BuildRequires:  dpkg-devel >= 1.15.6
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 # we are sorry to drop sles10 support, but no setuptools
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ line, and outputs warnings if possible bashisms are detected.
 %endif
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
+%patch5 -p1
 
 %build
 make %{?_smp_mflags} XSL_STYLESHEET="%{_xsl_stylesheet}"
diff --git a/fix_pod_syntax.patch b/fix_pod_syntax.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a56c22e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fix_pod_syntax.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff -Naur devscripts-2.12.4.orig/scripts/transition-check.pl devscripts-2.12.4/scripts/transition-check.pl
+--- devscripts-2.12.4.orig/scripts/transition-check.pl	2012-09-25 01:51:39.000000000 +0300
++++ devscripts-2.12.4/scripts/transition-check.pl	2013-06-29 23:31:50.225798441 +0300
+@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@
+ 
+ =over 4
+ 
+-=item 0
++=item C<0>
+ 
+ Either B<--help> or B<--version> was used, or none of the packages examined
+ was involved in a transition.
+ 
+-=item 1
++=item C<1>
+ 
+ At least one package examined is involved in a current transition.
+