diff -pruN mutt-1.4.orig/doc/manual.sgml.head mutt-1.4/doc/manual.sgml.head
--- mutt-1.4.orig/doc/manual.sgml.head	Mon May  6 13:26:44 2002
+++ mutt-1.4/doc/manual.sgml.head	Sat Jun  1 23:38:02 2002
@@ -1719,6 +1719,7 @@ messages:
 ~y EXPR         messages which contain EXPR in the `X-Label' field
 ~z [MIN]-[MAX]  messages with a size in the range MIN to MAX *)
 ~=		duplicated messages (see $duplicate_threads)
+~#		broken threads (see $strict_threads)
 </verb></tscreen>
 
 Where EXPR, USER, ID, and SUBJECT are 
diff -pruN mutt-1.4.orig/mutt.h mutt-1.4/mutt.h
--- mutt-1.4.orig/mutt.h	Thu Feb 28 09:24:13 2002
+++ mutt-1.4/mutt.h	Sat Jun  1 23:38:02 2002
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ enum
   M_AND,
   M_OR,
   M_TO,
+  M_BROKEN,
   M_CC,
   M_COLLAPSED,
   M_SUBJECT,
diff -pruN mutt-1.4.orig/pattern.c mutt-1.4/pattern.c
--- mutt-1.4.orig/pattern.c	Sat May 18 07:39:18 2002
+++ mutt-1.4/pattern.c	Sat Jun  1 23:38:02 2002
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ Flags[] =
   { 'y', M_XLABEL,		0,		eat_regexp },
   { 'z', M_SIZE,		0,		eat_range },
   { '=', M_DUPLICATED,		0,		NULL },
+  { '#', M_BROKEN,		0,		NULL },
   { 0 }
 };
 
@@ -1053,6 +1054,8 @@ mutt_pattern_exec (struct pattern_t *pat
       return (pat->not ^ (h->env->x_label && regexec (pat->rx, h->env->x_label, 0, NULL, 0) == 0));
     case M_DUPLICATED:
       return (pat->not ^ (h->thread && h->thread->duplicate_thread));
+    case M_BROKEN:
+      return (pat->not ^ (h->thread && h->thread->fake_thread));
   }
   mutt_error (_("error: unknown op %d (report this error)."), pat->op);
   return (-1);
diff -pruN mutt-1.4.orig/PATCHES mutt-1.4/PATCHES
--- mutt-1.4.orig/PATCHES	Tue Apr  2 20:48:57 2002
+++ mutt-1.4/PATCHES	Sat Jun  1 23:38:02 2002
@@ -1,0 +1 @@
+patch-1.4.0.cd.pattern_broken.1