diff --git a/mozilla/widget/src/gtk/nsTextWidget.cpp b/mozilla/widget/src/gtk/nsTextWidget.cpp
index 1a2927d24e3..c35609de414 100644
--- a/mozilla/widget/src/gtk/nsTextWidget.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/widget/src/gtk/nsTextWidget.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,19 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsTextWidget::CreateNative(GtkObject *parentWindow)
   PRBool oldIsReadOnly;
   mWidget = gtk_entry_new();
 
+#ifdef USE_SUPERWIN
+
+  if (!GDK_IS_SUPERWIN(parentWindow)) {
+    g_print("Damn, brother.  That's not a superwin.\n");
+    return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
+  }
+  
+  GdkSuperWin *superwin = GDK_SUPERWIN(parentWindow);
+
+  mMozBox = gtk_mozbox_new(superwin->bin_window);
+
+#endif /* USE_SUPERWIN */
+
   // used by nsTextHelper because nsTextArea needs a scrolled_window
   mTextWidget = mWidget;
 
@@ -93,6 +106,14 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsTextWidget::CreateNative(GtkObject *parentWindow)
                  GDK_LEAVE_NOTIFY_MASK |
                  GDK_POINTER_MOTION_MASK);
 
+#ifdef USE_SUPERWIN
+
+  // make sure that we put the scrollbar into the mozbox
+
+  gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(mMozBox), mWidget);
+
+#endif /* USE_SUPERWIN */
+
   return NS_OK;
 }