diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 18ff00d46..78a912f46 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ Bugs
    (thank to Uli Martens).
  + Fixed bug #1030, which defines a portable implementation of timegm and removes
    the use of tm_gmtoff for non GNU/BSD platforms.
+ + Fixed bug #1032, which prevented negative urgency coefficients from working
+   for projects and tags.
 
 ------ old releases ------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/Task.cpp b/src/Task.cpp
index 6ff4c9093..9d6c73a97 100644
--- a/src/Task.cpp
+++ b/src/Task.cpp
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ float Task::urgency_c () const
   std::map <std::string, float>::iterator var;
   for (var = coefficients.begin (); var != coefficients.end (); ++var)
   {
-    if (var->second > epsilon)
+    if (fabs (var->second) > epsilon)
     {
       if (var->first.substr (0, 13) == "urgency.user.")
       {