diff --git a/geocoder/.gitignore b/geocoder/.gitignore
index a4ee109..a1617ad 100644
--- a/geocoder/.gitignore
+++ b/geocoder/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 db_dumps/
+data_patches/
diff --git a/geocoder/admin0/patches/20181011_add_synonyms_for_swaziland.sql b/geocoder/admin0/patches/20181011_add_synonyms_for_swaziland.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b599807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geocoder/admin0/patches/20181011_add_synonyms_for_swaziland.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+DO $$
+  DECLARE updated INTEGER;
+BEGIN
+  SELECT count(*) FROM admin0_synonyms WHERE adm0_a3 = 'SWZ' GROUP BY adm0_a3 HAVING count(*) > 0 INTO updated;
+  IF updated = 4 THEN
+    INSERT INTO admin0_synonyms (name, rank, adm0_a3, name_) SELECT 'Eswatini' as name, 6, adm0_a3, 'eswatini' as name_ FROM admin0_synonyms WHERE name_ = 'swaziland';
+    INSERT INTO admin0_synonyms (name, rank, adm0_a3, name_) SELECT 'Kingdom of Eswatini' as name, 7, adm0_a3, 'kingdomofeswatini' as name_ FROM admin0_synonyms WHERE name_ = 'swaziland';
+  END IF;
+END$$;
diff --git a/geocoder/geocoder_download_patches.sh b/geocoder/geocoder_download_patches.sh
index b7fb59b..ed37756 100644
--- a/geocoder/geocoder_download_patches.sh
+++ b/geocoder/geocoder_download_patches.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ PATCHES_LIST="20160203_countries_bh_isocode.sql
 20160622_countries_synonym_congo.sql
 20171004_merge_corsica_and_france.sql
 20180117_hsinchu_synonyms.sql
-20180306_add_ssd_rows_for_south_sudan.sql"
+20180306_add_ssd_rows_for_south_sudan.sql
+20181011_add_synonyms_for_swaziland.sql"
 
 mkdir -p $TARGET_DIR_PATCHES