diff --git a/Shorewall-common/changelog.txt b/Shorewall-common/changelog.txt
index 886859e87..79818b515 100644
--- a/Shorewall-common/changelog.txt
+++ b/Shorewall-common/changelog.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Changes in 4.0.1
 
 10) Cleaner way to handle quotes in rules.
 
+11) Allow '/min' in RATE/BURST column.
+
 Changes in 4.0.0 Final
 
 1)  Fix lite install.sh manpage problem.
diff --git a/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
index 9645893cf..b05abdc71 100644
--- a/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ Problems corrected in 4.0.1.
     actions and when a log level followed by '!' was used with any
     builtin actions.
 
+10) Shorewall-perl was incorrectly rejecting 'min' as a valid unit of
+    time in rate-limiting specifications.
+
 Other changes in Shorewall 4.0.1.
 
 1)  A new EXPAND_POLICIES option is added to shorewall.conf. The
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index d47c2cf97..508b1ca3f 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -1046,9 +1046,9 @@ sub do_ratelimit( $$ ) {
 
     fatal_error "Rate Limiting not available with $action" if $norate{$action};
 
-    if ( $rate =~ /^(\d+(\/(sec|hour|day))?):(\d+)$/ ) {
+    if ( $rate =~ /^(\d+(\/(sec|min|hour|day))?):(\d+)$/ ) {
 	"-m limit --limit $1 --limit-burst $4 ";
-    } elsif ( $rate =~ /^(\d+)(\/(sec|hour|day))?$/ )  {
+    } elsif ( $rate =~ /^(\d+)(\/(sec|min|hour|day))?$/ )  {
 	"-m limit --limit $rate ";
     } else {
 	fatal_error "Invalid rate ($rate)";