diff --git a/virt-manager.changes b/virt-manager.changes
index ecafe60e..e319319d 100644
--- a/virt-manager.changes
+++ b/virt-manager.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec  5 11:38:54 MST 2011 - carnold@novell.com
+
+- bnc#731218 - Xen guest consoles started from the virt manager 
+  have slow mouse response in the guest 
+  virtman-reverse-git-tooltip.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov  7 16:27:15 MST 2011 - carnold@novell.com
 
diff --git a/virt-manager.spec b/virt-manager.spec
index 970e5c61..01162519 100644
--- a/virt-manager.spec
+++ b/virt-manager.spec
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Patch62:        virtman-storage-pool.diff
 Patch63:        virtman-eepro100.diff
 Patch64:        virtman-qed.diff
 Patch65:        virtman-update-backend.diff
+Patch66:        virtman-reverse-git-tooltip.patch
 Patch150:       virtinst-cdrom.diff
 Patch151:       virtinst-storage-ocfs2.diff
 Patch152:       virtinst-qed.diff
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch63 -p1
 %patch64 -p1
 %patch65 -p1
+%patch66 -p1
 pushd $RPM_BUILD_DIR/%{virtinst_name}
 %patch150 -p1
 %patch151 -p1
diff --git a/virtman-reverse-git-tooltip.patch b/virtman-reverse-git-tooltip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e656601b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virtman-reverse-git-tooltip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+This patch reverses the commit described below.  The commit causes a serious 
+mouse tracking slowdown.  See bnc#731218.
+
+Subject: manager: Properly show vm desc in tooltip w/ special xml characters
+From: Cole Robinson crobinso@redhat.com Mon Sep 26 11:05:55 2011 -0400
+Date: Mon Sep 26 11:07:52 2011 -0400:
+Git: 0a7640c593a54a6a3f558583d82f8b27c7a7d1d1
+
+Index: virt-manager-0.9.0/src/virtManager/manager.py
+===================================================================
+--- virt-manager-0.9.0.orig/src/virtManager/manager.py
++++ virt-manager-0.9.0/src/virtManager/manager.py
+@@ -726,9 +726,6 @@ class vmmManager(vmmGObjectUI):
+ 
+     def _build_vm_row(self, vm):
+         row = []
+-        desc = None
+-        if vm.get_description() is not None:
+-            desc = util.xml_escape(vm.get_description())
+ 
+         row.insert(ROW_HANDLE, vm)
+         row.insert(ROW_NAME, vm.get_name())
+@@ -736,7 +733,7 @@ class vmmManager(vmmGObjectUI):
+         row.insert(ROW_STATUS, vm.run_status())
+         row.insert(ROW_STATUS_ICON, vm.run_status_icon_name())
+         row.insert(ROW_KEY, vm.get_uuid())
+-        row.insert(ROW_HINT, desc)
++        row.insert(ROW_HINT, vm.get_description())
+         row.insert(ROW_IS_CONN, False)
+         row.insert(ROW_IS_CONN_CONNECTED, True)
+         row.insert(ROW_IS_VM, True)
+@@ -872,10 +869,6 @@ class vmmManager(vmmGObjectUI):
+         if self.vm_row_key(vm) not in self.rows:
+             return
+ 
+-        desc = None
+-        if vm.get_description() is not None:
+-            desc = util.xml_escape(vm.get_description())
+-
+         row = self.rows[self.vm_row_key(vm)]
+         row[ROW_NAME] = vm.get_name()
+         row[ROW_STATUS] = vm.run_status()
+@@ -884,7 +877,7 @@ class vmmManager(vmmGObjectUI):
+         row[ROW_MARKUP] = self._build_vm_markup(row)
+ 
+         if config_changed:
+-            row[ROW_HINT] = desc
++            row[ROW_HINT] = vm.get_description()
+ 
+         model.row_changed(row.path, row.iter)
+