diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dcd196df..e492c08b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ NEWS ( CHANGELOG and HISTORY )                                     HTMLPurifier
   transforms in later modules.  No internal code was using this
   but this may break some clients.
 - Use prepend for SPL autoloading on PHP 5.3 and later.
+- Fix bug with nofollow transform when pre-existing rel exists.
 
 4.4.0, released 2012-01-18
 # Removed PEARSax3 handler.
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index b79e47da..053402b5 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ afraid to cast your vote for the next feature to be implemented!
 
 Things to do as soon as possible:
 
+ - http://htmlpurifier.org/phorum/read.php?3,5560,6307#msg-6307
  - Think about allowing explicit order of operations hooks for transforms
  - Fix "<.<" bug (trailing < is removed if not EOD)
  - Build in better internal state dumps and debugging tools for remote
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/Nofollow.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/Nofollow.php
index f7fb1209..e699c79a 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/Nofollow.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/Nofollow.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class HTMLPurifier_AttrTransform_Nofollow extends HTMLPurifier_AttrTransform
 
         if ($scheme->browsable && !$url->isLocal($config, $context)) {
             if (isset($attr['rel'])) {
-                $rels = explode(' ', $attr);
+                $rels = explode(' ', $attr['rel']);
                 if (!in_array('nofollow', $rels)) {
                     $rels[] = 'nofollow';
                 }
diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/NofollowTest.php b/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/NofollowTest.php
index 43084de3..90e15313 100644
--- a/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/NofollowTest.php
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/NofollowTest.php
@@ -6,18 +6,19 @@ class HTMLPurifier_HTMLModule_NofollowTest extends HTMLPurifier_HTMLModuleHarnes
     function setUp() {
         parent::setUp();
         $this->config->set('HTML.Nofollow', true);
+        $this->config->set('Attr.AllowedRel', array("nofollow", "blah"));
     }
 
     function testNofollow() {
         $this->assertResult(
-            '<a href="http://google.com">a</a><a href="/local">b</a><a href="mailto:foo@example.com">c</a>',
-            '<a href="http://google.com" rel="nofollow">a</a><a href="/local">b</a><a href="mailto:foo@example.com">c</a>'
+            '<a href="http://google.com">x</a><a href="http://google.com" rel="blah">a</a><a href="/local">b</a><a href="mailto:foo@example.com">c</a>',
+            '<a href="http://google.com" rel="nofollow">x</a><a href="http://google.com" rel="blah nofollow">a</a><a href="/local">b</a><a href="mailto:foo@example.com">c</a>'
         );
     }
 
     function testNofollowDupe() {
         $this->assertResult(
-            '<a href="http://google.com" rel="nofollow">a</a><a href="/local">b</a><a href="mailto:foo@example.com">c</a>'
+            '<a href="http://google.com" rel="nofollow">x</a><a href="http://google.com" rel="blah nofollow">a</a><a href="/local">b</a><a href="mailto:foo@example.com">c</a>'
         );
     }