--- rxvt-unicode/src/screen.C	2011/01/04 17:51:05	1.357
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/screen.C	2011/01/04 18:22:11	1.358
@@ -3097,7 +3097,8 @@
         }
       else
 #endif
-        if (!ROW(row).is_longer () && row != selection.end.row)
+        if (!ROW(row).is_longer () && row != selection.end.row
+            && (row != selection.beg.row || selection.beg.col < ncol))
           new_selection_text[ofs++] = C0_LF;
     }