diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 02da584cac..b28b9f9caa 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-05-10  Derek Atkins  <derek@ihtfp.com>
+
+	* src/import-export/qif-io-core/qif-parse.scm:
+	  Same patch as qif-import/qif-parse.scm for guile-1.8.
+
 2006-05-10  Christian Stimming <stimming@tuhh.de>
 
 	* accounts/de_AT/*: Added new Austrian German account templates by
diff --git a/src/import-export/qif-io-core/qif-parse.scm b/src/import-export/qif-io-core/qif-parse.scm
index b2d45fdd23..665aa0d81a 100644
--- a/src/import-export/qif-io-core/qif-parse.scm
+++ b/src/import-export/qif-io-core/qif-parse.scm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 (define qif-category-compiled-rexp 
-  (make-regexp "^ *(\\[)?([^]/\\|]*)(]?)(/([^\|]*))?(\\|(\\[)?([^]/]*)(]?)(/(.*))?)? *$"))
+  (make-regexp "^ *(\\[)?([^]/\\|]*)(]?)(/([^\\|]*))?(\\|(\\[)?([^]/]*)(]?)(/(.*))?)? *$"))
 
 (define qif-date-compiled-rexp 
   (make-regexp "^ *([0-9]+) *[-/.'] *([0-9]+) *[-/.'] *([0-9]+).*$|^ *([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])([0-9][0-9])([0-9][0-9]).*$"))