--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c	Sat Feb 18 14:42:57 2012 +0100
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c	Sun Feb 19 10:49:30 2012 +0100
@@ -899,11 +899,21 @@ bytes_hash(PyBytesObject *a)
     if (a->ob_shash != -1)
         return a->ob_shash;
     len = Py_SIZE(a);
+    /*
+      We make the hash of the empty string be 0, rather than using
+      (prefix ^ suffix), since this slightly obfuscates the hash secret
+    */
+    if (len == 0) {
+        a->ob_shash = 0;
+        return 0;
+    }
     p = (unsigned char *) a->ob_sval;
-    x = *p << 7;
+    x = _Py_HashSecret.prefix;
+    x ^= *p << 7;
     while (--len >= 0)
         x = (1000003*x) ^ *p++;
     x ^= Py_SIZE(a);
+    x ^= _Py_HashSecret.suffix;
     if (x == -1)
         x = -2;
     a->ob_shash = x;