diff --git a/acme.sh b/acme.sh
index ff241e6..6264da0 100755
--- a/acme.sh
+++ b/acme.sh
@@ -1134,12 +1134,17 @@ _readSubjectAltNamesFromCSR() {
 
   if _contains "$_dnsAltnames," "DNS:$_csrsubj,"; then
     _debug "AltNames contains subject"
-    _dnsAltnames="$(printf "%s" "$_dnsAltnames," | sed "s/DNS:$_csrsubj,//g")"
+    _excapedAlgnames="$(echo "$_dnsAltnames" | tr '*' '#')"
+    _debug _excapedAlgnames "$_excapedAlgnames"
+    _escapedSubject="$(echo "$_csrsubj" | tr '*' '#')"
+    _debug _escapedSubject "$_escapedSubject"
+    _dnsAltnames="$(echo "$_excapedAlgnames," | sed "s/DNS:$_escapedSubject,//g" | tr '#' '*' | sed "s/,\$//g")"
+    _debug _dnsAltnames "$_dnsAltnames"
   else
     _debug "AltNames doesn't contain subject"
   fi
 
-  printf "%s" "$_dnsAltnames" | sed "s/DNS://g"
+  echo "$_dnsAltnames" | sed "s/DNS://g"
 }
 
 #_csrfile
@@ -1516,7 +1521,8 @@ _calcjwk() {
     JWK_HEADERPLACE_PART1='{"nonce": "'
     JWK_HEADERPLACE_PART2='", "alg": "ES'$__ECC_KEY_LEN'"'
   else
-    _err "Only RSA or EC key is supported."
+    _err "Only RSA or EC key is supported. keyfile=$keyfile"
+    _debug2 "$(cat "$keyfile")"
     return 1
   fi
 
diff --git a/dnsapi/README.md b/dnsapi/README.md
index afe1f7f..30c1be5 100644
--- a/dnsapi/README.md
+++ b/dnsapi/README.md
@@ -146,13 +146,17 @@ Finally, make the DNS server and update Key available to `acme.sh`
 export NSUPDATE_SERVER="dns.example.com"
 export NSUPDATE_KEY="/path/to/your/nsupdate.key"
 ```
+and optionally (depending on DNS server)
+```
+export NSUPDATE_ZONE="example.com"
+```
 
 Ok, let's issue a cert now:
 ```
 acme.sh --issue --dns dns_nsupdate -d example.com -d www.example.com
 ```
 
-The `NSUPDATE_SERVER` and `NSUPDATE_KEY` settings will be saved in `~/.acme.sh/account.conf` and will be reused when needed.
+The `NSUPDATE_SERVER`, `NSUPDATE_KEY`, and `NSUPDATE_ZONE` settings will be saved in `~/.acme.sh/account.conf` and will be reused when needed.
 
 
 ## 8. Use LuaDNS domain API
diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_nsupdate.sh b/dnsapi/dns_nsupdate.sh
index 555f4d2..8b479f9 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_nsupdate.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_nsupdate.sh
@@ -13,12 +13,24 @@ dns_nsupdate_add() {
   _saveaccountconf NSUPDATE_SERVER "${NSUPDATE_SERVER}"
   _saveaccountconf NSUPDATE_SERVER_PORT "${NSUPDATE_SERVER_PORT}"
   _saveaccountconf NSUPDATE_KEY "${NSUPDATE_KEY}"
+  _saveaccountconf NSUPDATE_ZONE "${NSUPDATE_ZONE}"
   _info "adding ${fulldomain}. 60 in txt \"${txtvalue}\""
-  nsupdate -k "${NSUPDATE_KEY}" <<EOF
+  [ -n "$DEBUG" ] && [ "$DEBUG" -ge "$DEBUG_LEVEL_1" ] && nsdebug="-d"
+  [ -n "$DEBUG" ] && [ "$DEBUG" -ge "$DEBUG_LEVEL_2" ] && nsdebug="-D"
+  if [ -z "${NSUPDATE_ZONE}" ]; then
+    nsupdate -k "${NSUPDATE_KEY}" $nsdebug <<EOF
 server ${NSUPDATE_SERVER}  ${NSUPDATE_SERVER_PORT} 
 update add ${fulldomain}. 60 in txt "${txtvalue}"
 send
 EOF
+  else
+    nsupdate -k "${NSUPDATE_KEY}" $nsdebug <<EOF
+server ${NSUPDATE_SERVER}  ${NSUPDATE_SERVER_PORT}
+zone ${NSUPDATE_ZONE}.
+update add ${fulldomain}. 60 in txt "${txtvalue}"
+send
+EOF
+  fi
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     _err "error updating domain"
     return 1
@@ -34,11 +46,22 @@ dns_nsupdate_rm() {
   [ -n "${NSUPDATE_SERVER}" ] || NSUPDATE_SERVER="localhost"
   [ -n "${NSUPDATE_SERVER_PORT}" ] || NSUPDATE_SERVER_PORT=53
   _info "removing ${fulldomain}. txt"
-  nsupdate -k "${NSUPDATE_KEY}" <<EOF
+  [ -n "$DEBUG" ] && [ "$DEBUG" -ge "$DEBUG_LEVEL_1" ] && nsdebug="-d"
+  [ -n "$DEBUG" ] && [ "$DEBUG" -ge "$DEBUG_LEVEL_2" ] && nsdebug="-D"
+  if [ -z "${NSUPDATE_ZONE}" ]; then
+    nsupdate -k "${NSUPDATE_KEY}" $nsdebug <<EOF
 server ${NSUPDATE_SERVER}  ${NSUPDATE_SERVER_PORT} 
 update delete ${fulldomain}. txt
 send
 EOF
+  else
+    nsupdate -k "${NSUPDATE_KEY}" $nsdebug <<EOF
+server ${NSUPDATE_SERVER}  ${NSUPDATE_SERVER_PORT}
+zone ${NSUPDATE_ZONE}.
+update delete ${fulldomain}. txt
+send
+EOF
+  fi
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     _err "error updating domain"
     return 1