diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index dc0d2bd0c15cc91c5e929560a5642941ad535784..c5fdf3310da0924c6616d0215cef0459d79788d1 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ Adam Monsen - spec file updates
 Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@debian.org> -- halt loglevel feature
 dan@garthwaite.org -- reportspace bugfix
 Tuomas Jormola <tj@solitudo.net> -- "when = manual" option
+Ian Beckwith <ianb@erislabs.net> -- dup bandwidthlimit fix
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 74cc3ca952c68a7e7e3f55a1fcfa1b5e23b3b11f..c91ca38f151c503ab11790a39476bb8f3a96c2bd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ version 0.9.7 -- UNRELEASED
 	 . New lvm option (default=disabled) to backup LVM metadata for every
 	   detected volume group.
 	 . Backup dmsetup info as well, for easier restoring of Luks headers.
+	dup:
+	 . Fixed bandwidthlimit syntax error. Thanks to Ian Beckwith for
+	   the patch.
 
 version 0.9.6 -- July 21, 2008
     backupninja changes
diff --git a/handlers/dup.in b/handlers/dup.in
index aed6030ca5789198b61ffa36889aaa3924eec164..54b77097ed5899f5530d0990dbdc1c21f0dbd31d 100644
--- a/handlers/dup.in
+++ b/handlers/dup.in
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ duplicity_sub="`echo $duplicity_version | @AWK@ -F '.' '{print $3}'`"
 #    --sftp-command ourselves
 
 scpoptions="$sshoptions"
-if [ "$bandwidthlimit" =! 0 ]; then
+if [ "$bandwidthlimit" != 0 ]; then
    [ -z "$testurl" ] || warning 'The bandwidthlimit option is not used when desturl is set.'
    scpoptions="$scpoptions -l $bandwidthlimit"
 fi