diff --git a/Gauche-gtk-gtk217.patch b/Gauche-gtk-gtk217.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20f4f3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gauche-gtk-gtk217.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up Gauche-gtk-0.4.1/src/gtkentry.stub.gtk217 Gauche-gtk-0.4.1/src/gtkentry.stub
+--- Gauche-gtk-0.4.1/src/gtkentry.stub.gtk217	2009-08-01 14:40:08.000000000 +0200
++++ Gauche-gtk-0.4.1/src/gtkentry.stub	2009-08-01 14:40:17.000000000 +0200
+@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
+    (scroll-offset :type <int>)
+    (ascent :type <int>)
+    (descent :type <int>)
+-   (text-size :type <uint16>)
+-   (n-bytes :type <uint16>)
+    (preedit-length :type <uint16>)
+    (preedit-cursor :type <uint16>)
+    (dnd-position :type <int>)
diff --git a/gauche-gtk.spec b/gauche-gtk.spec
index dc90f1a..dcc1cc9 100644
--- a/gauche-gtk.spec
+++ b/gauche-gtk.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           gauche-gtk
 Version:        0.4.1
-Release:        20%{?dist}
+Release:        21%{?dist}
 Summary:	Gauche extension module to use GTK
 
 Group:          Development/Languages
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Source:		http://download.sourceforge.net/gauche/Gauche-gtk-0.4.1.tgz
 Patch0:		Gauche-gtk-gtk28.patch
 Patch1:         Gauche-gtk-inc.patch
 Patch2:         Gauche-gtk-pad.patch
+Patch3:         Gauche-gtk-gtk217.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: 	gauche-devel = %{gauche_version}
 BuildRequires:	gtk2-devel
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ Gauche extension module to use GTK.
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 
 
 %build
@@ -62,6 +64,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Aug  1 2009 Gerard Milmeister <gemi@bluewin.ch> - 0.4.1-21
+- fix for gtk 2.17
+
 * Fri Jul 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.4.1-20
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild