diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 42327f3..02a975d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - cthon more map parser corrections.
 - cthon cleanup and corrections.
 - cthon more cleanup and corrections.
+- cthon correction to host validation.
 
 13/7/2006 autofs-5.0.1 rc1
 --------------------------
diff --git a/modules/parse_sun.c b/modules/parse_sun.c
index 1b396a0..b07424f 100644
--- a/modules/parse_sun.c
+++ b/modules/parse_sun.c
@@ -762,7 +762,8 @@ static int validate_location(char *loc)
 
 		while (*ptr && *ptr != ':') {
 			if (!(isalnum(*ptr) ||
-			    *ptr == '-' || *ptr == '.' || *ptr == ','))
+			    *ptr == '-' || *ptr == '.' ||
+			    *ptr == ',' || *ptr == '(' || *ptr == ')'))
 				return 0;
 			ptr++;
 		}