diff --git a/mozilla/browser/base/content/browser-context.inc b/mozilla/browser/base/content/browser-context.inc
index 628c824d7d1..2200335c9ee 100644
--- a/mozilla/browser/base/content/browser-context.inc
+++ b/mozilla/browser/base/content/browser-context.inc
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
                 oncommand="InlineSpellCheckerUI.addToDictionary();"/>
       <menuitem id="spell-check-enabled"
                 label="&spellEnable.label;"
+                type="checkbox"
                 accesskey="&spellEnable.accesskey;"
                 oncommand="InlineSpellCheckerUI.toggleEnabled();"/>
       <menu id="spell-dictionaries"
diff --git a/mozilla/toolkit/content/inlineSpellCheckUI.js b/mozilla/toolkit/content/inlineSpellCheckUI.js
index 16e50bbe984..b11b9829d1b 100644
--- a/mozilla/toolkit/content/inlineSpellCheckUI.js
+++ b/mozilla/toolkit/content/inlineSpellCheckUI.js
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ var InlineSpellCheckerUI = {
       this.mDictionaryNames.push(list[i]);
       var item = document.createElement("menuitem");
       item.setAttribute("label", list[i]);
+      item.setAttribute("type", "checkbox");
       this.mDictionaryItems.push(item);
       if (curlang == list[i]) {
         item.setAttribute("checked", "true");
diff --git a/mozilla/toolkit/content/widgets/textbox.xml b/mozilla/toolkit/content/widgets/textbox.xml
index 730d301a150..4069bd2e0d6 100644
--- a/mozilla/toolkit/content/widgets/textbox.xml
+++ b/mozilla/toolkit/content/widgets/textbox.xml
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
         <xul:menuitem label="&spellNoSuggestions.label;" anonid="spell-no-suggestions" disabled="true"/>
         <xul:menuseparator anonid="spell-suggestions-separator"/>
         <xul:menuitem label="&spellAddToDictionary.label;" accesskey="&spellAddToDictionary.accesskey;" anonid="spell-add-to-dictionary" oncommand="this.parentNode.parentNode.spellui.addToDictionary();"/>
-        <xul:menuitem label="&spellEnable.label;" accesskey="&spellEnable.accesskey;" anonid="spell-check-enabled" oncommand="this.parentNode.parentNode.spellui.toggleEnabled();"/>
+        <xul:menuitem label="&spellEnable.label;" type="checkbox" accesskey="&spellEnable.accesskey;" anonid="spell-check-enabled" oncommand="this.parentNode.parentNode.spellui.toggleEnabled();"/>
         <xul:menu label="&spellDictionaries.label;" accesskey="&spellDictionaries.accesskey;" anonid="spell-dictionaries">
           <xul:menupopup anonid="spell-dictionaries-menu"
             onpopupshowing="event.stopPropagation();"