diff --git a/media-libs/libsdl/patches/libsdl-1.2-hg.patch b/media-libs/libsdl/patches/libsdl-1.2-hg.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..513035f58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/libsdl/patches/libsdl-1.2-hg.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -r 0d4756e57224 src/video/bwindow/SDL_sysevents.cc
+--- a/src/video/bwindow/SDL_sysevents.cc	Sun Sep 19 08:56:53 2010 -0700
++++ b/src/video/bwindow/SDL_sysevents.cc	Tue Nov 30 13:38:17 2010 +0000
+@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@
+ 		case B_DIRECT_MODIFY:
+ 			{
+ 				int32 width = info->window_bounds.right -
+-					info->window_bounds.left + 1;
++					info->window_bounds.left;
+ 				int32 height = info->window_bounds.bottom -
+-					info->window_bounds.top + 1;
++					info->window_bounds.top;
+ 				SDL_PrivateResize(width, height);
+ 				break;
+ 			}