diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ac9334da..22b49edc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ byobu (5.83) unreleased; urgency=medium
     usr/share/appdata/byobu.appdata.xml: LP: #1322556
   * usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmuxrc: LP: #1315204
     - fix a couple of spots that should use $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR
+  * usr/lib/byobu/apport: LP: #1308696
+    - clear out the apport cache files, to detect when the crashes
+      have been cleared
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 22 Jul 2014 07:21:56 -0700
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/apport b/usr/lib/byobu/apport
index 81dd2bc7..a737ee7f 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/apport
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/apport
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ __apport() {
 			return
 		fi
 	done
+	rm -f "$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/status.$BYOBU_BACKEND/apport"*
 }
 
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