diff --git a/docs/CHANGES.txt b/docs/CHANGES.txt
index ad6eb854e..3489f94bf 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ $Id$
       Forcing it to always use white, which was the only background color
       in early versions of Tux Paint.
 
+    * Brushes with large spacing wouldn't be spaced properly when drawn
+      from bottom-to-top using the line tool.  Fixed.
+      Pere Pujal i Carabantes <pere@fornol.no-ip.org>
 
 2008.February.25 (0.9.19)
   * New Localizations:
diff --git a/src/tuxpaint.c b/src/tuxpaint.c
index 81eba072c..1387230e4 100644
--- a/src/tuxpaint.c
+++ b/src/tuxpaint.c
@@ -4090,13 +4090,14 @@ static void brush_draw(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, int update)
 
       if (y1 > y2)
       {
-	y = y1;
-	y1 = y2;
-	y2 = y;
+	for (y = y1; y >= y2; y--)
+	  blit_brush(x1, y, direction);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+	for (y = y1; y <= y2; y++)
+	  blit_brush(x1, y, direction);
       }
-
-      for (y = y1; y <= y2; y++)
-	blit_brush(x1, y, direction);
 
       x1 = x1 + dx;
     }