diff --git a/e2fsck/ChangeLog b/e2fsck/ChangeLog
index a53f0cfe..c1637945 100644
--- a/e2fsck/ChangeLog
+++ b/e2fsck/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-02-24  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@mit.edu>
+
+	* unix.c (main, PRS), e2fsck.8.in: Add a new -k option which keeps
+		the existing badblocks list when using the -c option.
+		(Addresses Debian bug #229103)
+
 2004-02-23  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@mit.edu>
 
 	* Makefile.in (PROFILED_LIBS, PROFILED_DEPLIBS): Fix reference to
diff --git a/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in b/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in
index 4630df87..5fb125a1 100644
--- a/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in
+++ b/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ e2fsck \- check a Linux ext2/ext3 file system
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B e2fsck
 [
-.B \-pacnyrdfvstDFSV
+.B \-pacnyrdfkvstDFSV
 ]
 [
 .B \-b
@@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ time trials.
 @JDEV@Set the pathname where the external-journal for this filesystem can be
 @JDEV@found.
 .TP
+.BI \-k
+When combined with the 
+.B \-c
+option, any existing bad blocks in the bad blocks list are preserved,
+and any new bad blocks found by running
+.BR badblocks (8) 
+will be added to the existing bad blocks list.
+.TP
 .BI \-l " filename"
 Add the block numbers listed in the file specified by 
 .I filename
diff --git a/e2fsck/unix.c b/e2fsck/unix.c
index 4c2598f6..55dcfc19 100644
--- a/e2fsck/unix.c
+++ b/e2fsck/unix.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ static int show_version_only;
 static int verbose;
 
 static int replace_bad_blocks;
+static int keep_bad_blocks;
 static char *bad_blocks_file;
 
 e2fsck_t e2fsck_global_ctx;	/* Try your very best not to use this! */
@@ -554,7 +555,7 @@ static errcode_t PRS(int argc, char *argv[], e2fsck_t *ret_ctx)
 		ctx->program_name = *argv;
 	else
 		ctx->program_name = "e2fsck";
-	while ((c = getopt (argc, argv, "panyrcC:B:dE:fvtFVM:b:I:j:P:l:L:N:SsD")) != EOF)
+	while ((c = getopt (argc, argv, "panyrcC:B:dE:fvtFVM:b:I:j:P:l:L:N:SsDk")) != EOF)
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'C':
 			ctx->progress = e2fsck_update_progress;
@@ -675,6 +676,8 @@ static errcode_t PRS(int argc, char *argv[], e2fsck_t *ret_ctx)
 					  "of e2fsck\n"));
 			exit(1);
 #endif
+		case 'k':
+			keep_bad_blocks++;
 		default:
 			usage(ctx);
 		}
@@ -1034,7 +1037,7 @@ restart:
 	if (bad_blocks_file)
 		read_bad_blocks_file(ctx, bad_blocks_file, replace_bad_blocks);
 	else if (cflag)
-		read_bad_blocks_file(ctx, 0, 1); /* Test disk */
+		read_bad_blocks_file(ctx, 0, !keep_bad_blocks); /* Test disk */
 	if (ctx->flags & E2F_FLAG_SIGNAL_MASK)
 		fatal_error(ctx, 0);
 #ifdef ENABLE_SWAPFS