diff --git a/Shorewall-common/changelog.txt b/Shorewall-common/changelog.txt
index 168bbe395..d378ebe2c 100644
--- a/Shorewall-common/changelog.txt
+++ b/Shorewall-common/changelog.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Changes in 4.1.7
 
 7)  Fix priority mingling in tc filters.
 
+8)  Fix policy parsing.
+
 Changes in 4.1.6
 
 1)  Deprecate IMPLICIT_CONTINUE=Yes
diff --git a/Shorewall-common/lib.cli b/Shorewall-common/lib.cli
index e2428d5b0..19db4bfc3 100644
--- a/Shorewall-common/lib.cli
+++ b/Shorewall-common/lib.cli
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ show_command() {
 	    if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
 		[ -n "$table_given" ] || for chain in $*; do
 		    if ! qt $IPTABLES -t $table -L $chain $IPT_OPTIONS; then
-			echo "usage $(basename $0) show [ -x ] [ -m ] [-f] [ -t {filter|mangle|nat} ] [ {chain [<chain> [ <chain> ... ]|actions|capabilities|classifiers|config|connections|ip|log|macros|mangle|nat|routing|tc|zones} ] " >&2
+			echo "usage $(basename $0) show [ -x ] [ -m ] [-f] [ -t {filter|mangle|nat} ] [ {chain [<chain> [ <chain> ... ]|actions|capabilities|classifiers|config|connections|filters|ip|log|macros|mangle|nat|routing|tc|zones} ] " >&2
 			exit 1
 		    fi
 		done
diff --git a/Shorewall-common/macro.Rfc1918 b/Shorewall-common/macro.Rfc1918
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85cd2a332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Shorewall-common/macro.Rfc1918
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#
+# Shorewall version 4 - Rfc1918 Macro
+#
+# /usr/share/shorewall/macro.Rfc1918
+#
+#	This macro handles traffic with SOURCE or DEST reserved by RFC 1918.
+#
+###############################################################################
+PARAM	SOURCE	DEST:10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16
+PARAM	SOURCE:10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16	DEST
diff --git a/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
index 716d584f9..691944735 100644
--- a/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ Problems corrected in Shorewall-perl 4.1.7.
    /sbin/shorewall: line 723:   755 Terminated
    $SHOREWALL_SHELL ${VARDIR}/.restart $debugging restart
 
+4)  A POLICY of ":" in /etc/shorewall/policy would produce Perl
+    run-time errors.
+
 New Features in 4.1.7.
 
 1)  If an interface fails when using balanced multi-ISP routing, the
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm
index 8c384f12b..6aa27ed49 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ sub validate_policy()
 
     while ( read_a_line ) {
 
-	my ( $client, $server, $policy, $loglevel, $synparams ) = split_line 3, 5, 'policy file';
+	my ( $client, $server, $originalpolicy, $loglevel, $synparams ) = split_line 3, 5, 'policy file';
 
 	$loglevel  = '' if $loglevel  eq '-';
 	$synparams = '' if $synparams eq '-';
@@ -224,9 +224,7 @@ sub validate_policy()
 
 	fatal_error "Undefined zone $server" unless $serverwild || defined_zone( $server );
 
-	my $originalpolicy = $policy;
-
-	( $policy , my ( $default, $remainder ) ) = split( /:/, $policy, 3 );
+	my ( $policy, $default, $remainder ) = split( /:/, $originalpolicy, 3 );
 
 	fatal_error "Invalid or missing POLICY ($originalpolicy)" unless $policy;