diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index 2d4cca294..fdd6846c0 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
    characters. (Thanks to Zhou Xiaopeng)
  - fix: Splat_random Macro not so random (Wouter van Oijen / ProcoliX) (Thanks
    to Colin Kuskie for pointing this out and writing some tests)
+ - rfe: phone validation javascript
 
 
 7.0.2
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form/Phone.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form/Phone.pm
index ed46ed495..5cf2c20a4 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form/Phone.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form/Phone.pm
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Renders a phone number field.
 sub toHtml {
         my $self = shift;
 	$self->session->style->setScript($self->session->url->extras('inputCheck.js'),{ type=>'text/javascript' });
-        $self->set("extras", $self->get('extras') . ' onkeyup="doInputCheck(document.getElementById(\''.$self->get("id").'\'),\'x0123456789-()+ \')" ');
+        $self->set("extras", $self->get('extras') . ' onkeyup="doInputCheck(document.getElementById(\''.$self->get("id").'\'),\'x.0123456789-()+ \')" ');
 	return $self->SUPER::toHtml;
 }