diff --git a/debian/patches/fix-for-commander-9.patch b/debian/patches/fix-for-commander-9.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..88fe530303620a55d1524c213c5cf991cedb6488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/fix-for-commander-9.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Description: fix for node-commander 9
+Author: Yadd <yadd@debian.org>
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/1008511
+Forwarded: https://github.com/jupyterhub/configurable-http-proxy/issues/384
+Last-Update: 2022-03-29
+
+--- a/bin/configurable-http-proxy
++++ b/bin/configurable-http-proxy
+@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
+     process.exit(1);
+   }
+   previous[headerParts[0]] = headerParts[1];
++  return previous;
+ }
+ 
+ cli.parse(process.argv);
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 8240442d71846b954f06b58a160ed4e3f101aad1..1c51f0b3feed94adb9cdb13d5a42faa65a4e696a 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 fix-prom-test.patch
 dont-install-example.patch
 update-to-ws-8.patch
+fix-for-commander-9.patch