diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
index b61feffb4..878984218 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ EOF
 
     copy1 $lib, emit "\n" if -f $lib;
 
-    for my $exit qw/init isusable start tcclear started stop stopped clear refresh refreshed restored findgw/ {
+    for my $exit qw/init start tcclear started stop stopped clear refresh refreshed restored/ {
 	emit "\nrun_${exit}_exit() {";
 	push_indent;
 	append_file $exit or emit 'true';
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ EOF
 	emit '}';
     }
 
+    for my $exit qw/isusable findgw/ {
+	emit "\nrun_${exit}_exit() {";
+	push_indent;
+	append_file($exit, 1) or emit 'true';
+	pop_indent;
+	emit '}';
+    }
+
     emit <<'EOF';
 ################################################################################
 # End user exit functions
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 37a588bd8..a44116d41 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -1051,6 +1051,8 @@ sub copy( $ ) {
 sub copy1( $ ) {
     assert( $object_enabled );
 
+    my $result = 0;
+
     if ( $object ) {
 	my $file = $_[0];
 
@@ -1076,6 +1078,7 @@ sub copy1( $ ) {
 		$do_indent = 0;
 		print $object $_;
 		print $object "\n";
+		$result = 1;
 		next;
 	    }
 
@@ -1087,12 +1090,16 @@ sub copy1( $ ) {
 	    print $object $_;
 	    print $object "\n";
 	    $do_indent = ! ( $here_documents || /\\$/ );
+
+	    $result = 1 unless $result || /^\s*$/ || /^\s*#/;
 	}
 
 	close IF;
     }
 
     $lastlineblank = 0;
+
+    $result;
 }
 
 #
@@ -2481,17 +2488,27 @@ sub propagateconfig() {
 
 #
 # Add a shell script file to the output script -- Return true if the
-# file exists and is not in /usr/share/shorewall/.
+# file exists and is not in /usr/share/shorewall/ and is non-empty.
 #
-sub append_file( $ ) {
+sub append_file( $;$ ) {
     my $user_exit = find_file $_[0];
     my $result = 0;
 
     unless ( $user_exit =~ /^($globals{SHAREDIR})/ ) {
 	if ( -f $user_exit ) {
-	    $result = 1;
-	    save_progress_message "Processing $user_exit ...";
-	    copy1 $user_exit;
+	    if ( $_[1] ) {
+		#
+		# Suppress progress message
+		#
+		$result = copy1 $user_exit;
+	    } else {
+		#
+		# Include progress message -- Pretend progress_message call was in the file
+		#                             
+		$result = 1;
+		save_progress_message "Processing $user_exit ...";
+		copy1 $user_exit;
+	    }
 	}
     }
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/changelog.txt b/Shorewall/changelog.txt
index b87e711de..9249f990d 100644
--- a/Shorewall/changelog.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/changelog.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Changes in Shorewall 4.4.0-Beta3
+qChanges in Shorewall 4.4.0-Beta3
 
 1)  Add new macros.
 
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Changes in Shorewall 4.4.0-Beta3
 
 4)  Check for xt_LOG.
 
+5)  Fix 'findgw'
+
 Changes in Shorewall 4.4.0-Beta2
 
 1)  The 'find_first_interface_address()' and
diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index dfb0d5bb0..cd09195ec 100644
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ Shorewall 4.4.0 Beta 3
     shows the contents of the dynamic blacklist as in earlier 
     Shorewall releases.
 
+3)  The 'findgw' script produced an error if VERBOSITY > 0.
+
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