diff --git a/README.patches b/README.patches
index 48d27ad..faf57f4 100644
--- a/README.patches
+++ b/README.patches
@@ -106,3 +106,4 @@ Individual patches for Vim 7.3:
   1565  7.3.078  warning for unused variable
   1377  7.3.079  duplicate lines in MSVC makefile
   6011  7.3.080  spelling doesn't work on VMS
+  2257  7.3.081  non-printable characters in 'statusline' cause trouble
diff --git a/vim.spec b/vim.spec
index e88b6f6..2b48cc4 100644
--- a/vim.spec
+++ b/vim.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #used for pre-releases:
 %define beta %{nil}
 %define vimdir vim73%{?beta}
-%define patchlevel 080
+%define patchlevel 081
 
 Summary: The VIM editor
 URL:     http://www.vim.org/
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ Patch077: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.3/7.3.077
 Patch078: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.3/7.3.078
 Patch079: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.3/7.3.079
 Patch080: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.3/7.3.080
+Patch081: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.3/7.3.081
 
 Patch3000: vim-7.3-syntax.patch
 Patch3002: vim-7.1-nowarnings.patch
@@ -368,6 +369,7 @@ perl -pi -e "s,bin/nawk,bin/awk,g" runtime/tools/mve.awk
 %patch078 -p0
 %patch079 -p0
 %patch080 -p0
+%patch081 -p0
 
 
 # install spell files
@@ -835,6 +837,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec 09 2010 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 7.3.081-1
+- patchlevel 081
+
 * Wed Dec 08 2010 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 7.3.080-1
 - patchlevel 080