diff --git a/patches/nginx-1.0.15-add_core_vars_polluting_globals.patch b/patches/nginx-1.0.15-add_core_vars_polluting_globals.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0f6b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/nginx-1.0.15-add_core_vars_polluting_globals.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--- nginx-1.0.15/src/http/ngx_http_variables.c	2012-03-05 20:36:51.000000000 +0800
++++ nginx-1.0.15-patched/src/http/ngx_http_variables.c	2012-05-17 16:21:42.120968722 +0800
+@@ -1898,6 +1898,7 @@
+ {
+     ngx_int_t                   rc;
+     ngx_http_variable_t        *v;
++    ngx_http_variable_t        *value;
+     ngx_http_core_main_conf_t  *cmcf;
+ 
+     cmcf = ngx_http_conf_get_module_main_conf(cf, ngx_http_core_module);
+@@ -1918,7 +1919,14 @@
+     }
+ 
+     for (v = ngx_http_core_variables; v->name.len; v++) {
+-        rc = ngx_hash_add_key(cmcf->variables_keys, &v->name, v,
++        value = ngx_palloc(cf->pool, sizeof(ngx_http_variable_t));
++        if (value == NULL) {
++            return NGX_ERROR;
++        }
++
++        *value = *v;
++
++        rc = ngx_hash_add_key(cmcf->variables_keys, &value->name, value,
+                               NGX_HASH_READONLY_KEY);
+ 
+         if (rc == NGX_OK) {
diff --git a/util/mirror-tarballs b/util/mirror-tarballs
index de80ef0..4cbd7a9 100755
--- a/util/mirror-tarballs
+++ b/util/mirror-tarballs
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ patch -p1 < $root/patches/nginx-$main_ver-reset_wev_handler_in_named_locations.p
 echo applying filter_finalize_hang.patch ...
 patch -p1 < $root/patches/nginx-$main_ver-filter_finalize_hang.patch || exit 1
 
+echo applying add_core_vars_polluting_globals.patch ...
+patch -p1 < $root/patches/nginx-$main_ver-add_core_vars_polluting_globals.patch || exit 1
+
 #echo "INFO: applying null-character-fixes patch"
 #patch -p0 < $root/patches/nginx-$main_ver-null_character_fixes.patch || exit 1
 
diff --git a/util/ver b/util/ver
index 266e8a0..31da2a2 100755
--- a/util/ver
+++ b/util/ver
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 main_ver=1.0.15
-minor_ver=5
+minor_ver=7rc1
 version=$main_ver.$minor_ver
 echo $version