diff --git a/rc/tools/patch-range.pl b/rc/tools/patch-range.pl
index b3c3dc91..978f45c3 100755
--- a/rc/tools/patch-range.pl
+++ b/rc/tools/patch-range.pl
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ my $state = undef;
 my $hunk_wheat = undef;
 my $hunk_chaff = undef;
 my $hunk_header = undef;
+my $hunk_remaining_lines = undef;
+my $signature = "";
 
 sub compute_hunk_header {
     my $original_header = shift;
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ sub finish_hunk {
         }
         $wheat .= (compute_hunk_header $hunk_header, $hunk_wheat). $hunk_wheat;
     }
-    $chaff .= (compute_hunk_header $hunk_header, $hunk_chaff) . $hunk_chaff;
+    $chaff .= (compute_hunk_header $hunk_header, $hunk_chaff) . $hunk_chaff . $signature;
     $hunk_header = undef;
 }
 
@@ -60,12 +62,18 @@ while (<STDIN>) {
         $state = "diff header";
         $diff_header = "";
     }
-    if (m{^@@}) {
+    if ($state eq "signature") {
+        $signature .= $_;
+        next;
+    }
+    if (m{^@@ -\d+(?:,(\d)+)? \+\d+(?:,\d+)? @@}) {
+        $hunk_remaining_lines = $1 or 1;
         finish_hunk();
         $state = "diff hunk";
         $hunk_header = $_;
         $hunk_wheat = "";
         $hunk_chaff = "";
+        $signature = "";
         next;
     }
     if ($state eq "diff header") {
@@ -73,6 +81,12 @@ while (<STDIN>) {
         $chaff .= $_;
         next;
     }
+    if ($hunk_remaining_lines == 0 and m{^-- $}) {
+        $state = "signature";
+        $signature .= $_;
+        next;
+    }
+    --$hunk_remaining_lines if m{^[ -]};
     my $include = m{^ } || ($lineno >= $min_line && $lineno <= $max_line);
     if ($include) {
         $hunk_wheat .= $_;
diff --git a/test/tools/patch/signature/cmd b/test/tools/patch/signature/cmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b5ac0b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tools/patch/signature/cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+%:patch tee applied.diff<ret><ret>!echo Applied:; cat applied.diff; echo; echo Updated buffer:<ret>
diff --git a/test/tools/patch/signature/in b/test/tools/patch/signature/in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acceecf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tools/patch/signature/in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff -ur a/file1 b/file1
+--- a/file1
++++ b/file1
+@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
+ context
+-file1 here
++modified file1 here
+ context
+-- 
+2.43.0
diff --git a/test/tools/patch/signature/out b/test/tools/patch/signature/out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c4120f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tools/patch/signature/out
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Applied:
+diff -ur a/file1 b/file1
+--- a/file1
++++ b/file1
+@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
+ context
+-file1 here
++modified file1 here
+ context
+
+Updated buffer:
+diff -ur a/file1 b/file1
+--- a/file1
++++ b/file1
+@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
+ context
+ modified file1 here
+ context
+-- 
+2.43.0
diff --git a/test/tools/patch/signature/rc b/test/tools/patch/signature/rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62ee8585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tools/patch/signature/rc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+source "%val{runtime}/rc/tools/patch.kak"