diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 1d4dc7d..c305f0a 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 0.33 (to be)
 
-  Correct header parsing of "space only" lines (Joerg Meyer)
+  greylisting: fix db_dir configuration option so it actually works
+  (kitno455, issue #6)
+
+  Correct header parsing of "space only" lines (Joerg Meyer, issue #11)
 
   Update the sample configuration to use zen.spamhaus.org
 
diff --git a/plugins/greylisting b/plugins/greylisting
index e21bf40..9f513e0 100644
--- a/plugins/greylisting
+++ b/plugins/greylisting
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ my $DENYMSG = "This mail is temporarily denied";
 my ($QPHOME) = ($0 =~ m!(.*?)/([^/]+)$!);
 my $DB = "denysoft_greylist.dbm";
 my %PERMITTED_ARGS = map { $_ => 1 } qw(per_recipient remote_ip sender recipient 
-  black_timeout grey_timeout white_timeout deny_late mode);
+  black_timeout grey_timeout white_timeout deny_late mode db_dir);
 
 my %DEFAULTS = (
   remote_ip => 1,
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ sub denysoft_greylist {
   return DECLINED if $self->qp->connection->notes('whitelisthost');
   return DECLINED if $transaction->notes('whitelistsender');
 
+  if ($config->{db_dir} =~ m{^([-a-zA-Z0-9./_]+)$}) {
+    $config->{db_dir} = $1; 
+  }
+
   # Setup database location
   my $dbdir = $transaction->notes('per_rcpt_configdir') 
     if $config->{per_recipient_db};