diff --git a/lxterminal-fix-char_widthheight.patch b/lxterminal-fix-char_widthheight.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94954a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lxterminal-fix-char_widthheight.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+Index: src/lxterminal.c
+===================================================================
+--- src/lxterminal.c.orig	2010-08-17 02:20:35.000000000 +0200
++++ src/lxterminal.c	2010-09-02 19:11:47.792423947 +0200
+@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ static void terminal_geometry_restore(Te
+         vte_terminal_get_column_count(VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte)),
+         vte_terminal_get_row_count(VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte)));
+     gtk_window_resize(GTK_WINDOW(term->parent->window),
+-        border->left + VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte)->char_width,
+-        border->top + VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte)->char_height);
++        border->left + vte_terminal_get_char_width(VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte)),
++        border->top + vte_terminal_get_char_height(VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte)));
+     gtk_border_free(border);
+ }
+ 
+@@ -632,8 +632,8 @@ static gboolean terminal_window_size_req
+         Term * term = g_ptr_array_index(terminal->terms, 0);
+         GtkBorder * border = terminal_get_border(term);
+         GdkGeometry hints;
+-        hints.width_inc = VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte)->char_width;
+-        hints.height_inc = VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte)->char_height;
++        hints.width_inc = vte_terminal_get_char_width(VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte));
++        hints.height_inc = vte_terminal_get_char_height(VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte));
+         hints.base_width = border->left;
+         hints.base_height = border->top;
+         hints.min_width = hints.base_width + hints.width_inc * 4;
+@@ -803,8 +803,8 @@ static gboolean terminal_vte_button_pres
+         GtkBorder * border = terminal_get_border(term);
+         gint tag;
+         gchar * match = vte_terminal_match_check(vte,
+-            (event->x - border->left) / vte->char_width,
+-            (event->y - border->top) / vte->char_height,
++            (event->x - border->left) / vte_terminal_get_char_width(vte),
++            (event->y - border->top) / vte_terminal_get_char_height(vte),
+             &tag);
+         gtk_border_free(border);
+ 
+@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ static Term * terminal_new(LXTerminal *
+     gtk_widget_show_all(term->tab);
+ 
+     /* Set up scrollbar. */
+-    gtk_range_set_adjustment(GTK_RANGE(term->scrollbar), VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte)->adjustment);
++    gtk_range_set_adjustment(GTK_RANGE(term->scrollbar), vte_terminal_get_adjustment(VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte)));
+ 
+     /* Fork the process that will have the VTE as its controlling terminal. */
+     if (exec != NULL)
diff --git a/lxterminal.spec b/lxterminal.spec
index e37877f..d920d02 100644
--- a/lxterminal.spec
+++ b/lxterminal.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Source0:        %name-%version.tar.bz2
 # PATCH-FEATURE-OPENSUSE lxterminal-0.1.8-disable-f10.patch andrea@opensuse.org
 # disable f10 shortcut because yast use it
 Patch0:         %name-0.1.8-disable-f10.patch
+Patch1:		%name-fix-char_widthheight.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  fdupes gtk2-devel intltool pkg-config update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  docbook-utils docbook-xsl-stylesheets libxslt-devel vte-devel
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ of the LXDE project
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"