diff --git a/debian/patches/php5.3-deprecated-ereg.dpatch b/debian/patches/php5.3-deprecated-ereg.dpatch
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+## php5.3-deprecated-ereg.dpatch by Hendrik Frenzel <hfrenzel@scunc.net>
+##
+## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
+## DP: No description.
+
+@DPATCH@
+diff -urNad nagvis-1.4.6~/nagvis/includes/classes/GlobalMainCfg.php nagvis-1.4.6/nagvis/includes/classes/GlobalMainCfg.php
+--- nagvis-1.4.6~/nagvis/includes/classes/GlobalMainCfg.php 2010-02-04 21:51:13.000000000 +0100
++++ nagvis-1.4.6/nagvis/includes/classes/GlobalMainCfg.php 2010-03-01 18:06:16.000000000 +0100
+@@ -791,15 +791,15 @@
+
+ // loop given elements for checking: => all given attributes valid
+ foreach($vars AS $key => $val) {
+- if(!ereg('^comment_',$key)) {
+- if(ereg('^backend_', $type)) {
++ if(!preg_match('/^comment_/',$key)) {
++ if(preg_match('/^backend_/', $type)) {
+ if(isset($this->validConfig['backend']['options'][$this->getValue($type,'backendtype')])
+ && is_array($this->validConfig['backend']['options'][$this->getValue($type,'backendtype')])) {
+ $arrValidConfig = array_merge($this->validConfig['backend'], $this->validConfig['backend']['options'][$this->getValue($type,'backendtype')]);
+ } else {
+ $arrValidConfig = $this->validConfig['backend'];
+ }
+- } elseif(ereg('^rotation_', $type)) {
++ } elseif(preg_match('/^rotation_/', $type)) {
+ $arrValidConfig = $this->validConfig['rotation'];
+ } else {
+ $arrValidConfig = $this->validConfig[$type];
+@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@
+ return FALSE;
+ } else {
+ // Workaround to get the configured string back
+- if(ereg('^rotation_', $type) && $key == 'maps') {
++ if(preg_match('/^rotation_/', $type) && $key == 'maps') {
+ foreach($val AS $intId => $arrStep) {
+ if(isset($arrStep['label']) && $arrStep['label'] != '') {
+ $label = $arrStep['label'].':';
+diff -urNad nagvis-1.4.6~/wui/form_handler.php nagvis-1.4.6/wui/form_handler.php
+--- nagvis-1.4.6~/wui/form_handler.php 2010-02-04 21:51:13.000000000 +0100
++++ nagvis-1.4.6/wui/form_handler.php 2010-03-01 18:06:39.000000000 +0100
+@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
+ // is status for this map there?
+ $file = file($CORE->MAINCFG->getValue('paths', 'mapcfg').'autobackup.status');
+ foreach($file AS $key => $val) {
+- if(ereg("^".$mapname."=",$val)) {
++ if(preg_match("/^".$mapname."=/",$val)) {
+ // $arr[1] is value
+ $arr = explode('=',$val);
+