diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 70af9f38..e860734b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+tasksel (2.37) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * In debconf test, also test for DEBCONF_READFD being set, to detect when
+    tasksel is being run with a passthrough debconf frontend configured,
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sun,  4 Dec 2005 17:25:15 -0500
+
 tasksel (2.36) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Hmm, remove --logfile and --logstderr, add more general
diff --git a/tests/debconf b/tests/debconf
index d9b3acef..88b2a77c 100755
--- a/tests/debconf
+++ b/tests/debconf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # This will cause the task to be available only if tasksel is not running
 # in debconf.
 
-if [ "$DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND" ]; then
+if [ "$DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND" ] || [ "$DEBCONF_READFD" ]; then
 	if [ "$2" = true ]; then
 		exit 3 # display task, not marked for installation
 	fi