diff --git a/data/themes/Makefile.am b/data/themes/Makefile.am
index 138e03436..2b017152b 100644
--- a/data/themes/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/themes/Makefile.am
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ default_gadman.edc \
 default_ibar.edc \
 default_menu.edc \
 default_pager.edc \
+default_resize.edc \
 default_temperature.edc
 
 default.eet: Makefile $(EXTRA_DIST)
diff --git a/data/themes/default.edc b/data/themes/default.edc
index 396feea1b..49acf0c06 100644
--- a/data/themes/default.edc
+++ b/data/themes/default.edc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ collections {
 #include "default_ibar.edc"
 #include "default_menu.edc"
 #include "default_pager.edc"
+#include "default_resize.edc"
 #include "default_temperature.edc"
 }
 
diff --git a/data/themes/default_resize.edc b/data/themes/default_resize.edc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d09ecf84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/themes/default_resize.edc
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+images {
+   image: "e17_menu_bg.png" COMP;
+}
+group {
+   name: "widgets/border/default/resize";
+   parts {
+      part {
+	 name:          "base";
+	 mouse_events:  0;
+	 description {
+	    state:    "default" 0.0;
+	    rel1 {
+	       relative: 0.0  0.0;
+	       offset:   0    0;
+	    }
+	    rel2 {
+	       relative: 1.0  1.0;
+	       offset:   -1   -1;
+	    }
+	    image {
+	       normal: "e17_menu_bg.png";
+	       border: 3 3 3 3;
+	    }
+	 }
+      }
+      part {
+	 name: "text";
+	 type: TEXT;
+         effect: SHADOW;
+	 description {
+	    state: "default" 0.0;
+	    color: 0 0 0 255;
+	    rel1 {
+	       relative: 0.0 0.0;
+	       offset:   4   4;
+	    }
+	    rel2 {
+	       relative: 1.0 1.0;
+	       offset:   -5  -5;
+	    }
+            color: 0 0 0 255;
+	    color3: 255 255 255 128;
+	    text {
+	       text: "WIDTHxHEIGHT";
+	       font: "Edje Vera";
+	       size: 10;
+	       align: 0.5 0.5;
+	       min: 1 1;
+	    }
+	 }
+      }
+   }
+}
diff --git a/src/bin/e_border.c b/src/bin/e_border.c
index 88b51aa86..401afbea6 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_border.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_border.c
@@ -2153,6 +2153,8 @@ _e_border_eval(E_Border *bd)
 	if (bd->client.icccm.max_h > 32767) bd->client.icccm.max_h = 32767;
 	if (bd->client.icccm.base_w > 32767) bd->client.icccm.base_w = 32767;
 	if (bd->client.icccm.base_h > 32767) bd->client.icccm.base_h = 32767;
+	if (bd->client.icccm.step_w < 1) bd->client.icccm.step_w = 1;
+	if (bd->client.icccm.step_h < 1) bd->client.icccm.step_h = 1;
 	printf("##- SIZE HINTS for 0x%x: min %ix%i, max %ix%i, base %ix%i\n",
 	       bd->client.win,
 	       bd->client.icccm.min_w, bd->client.icccm.min_h,
@@ -3156,7 +3158,7 @@ _e_border_resize_begin(E_Border *bd)
    resize_obj = edje_object_add(ecore_evas_get(resize_ee));
    edje_object_file_set(resize_obj, e_path_find(path_themes, "default.eet"),
 			"widgets/border/default/resize");
-   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, "%dx%d", bd->w, bd->h);
+   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "9999x9999");
    edje_object_part_text_set(resize_obj, "text", buf);
 
    edje_object_size_min_calc(resize_obj, &w, &h);
@@ -3164,6 +3166,11 @@ _e_border_resize_begin(E_Border *bd)
    evas_object_resize(resize_obj, w, h);
    evas_object_show(resize_obj);
 
+   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%ix%i",
+	    (bd->client.w - bd->client.icccm.base_w) / bd->client.icccm.step_w, 
+	    (bd->client.h - bd->client.icccm.base_h) / bd->client.icccm.step_h);
+   edje_object_part_text_set(resize_obj, "text", buf);
+   
    ecore_evas_move(resize_ee, (bd->zone->w - w) / 2, (bd->zone->h - h) / 2);
    ecore_evas_resize(resize_ee, w, h);
 
@@ -3182,6 +3189,8 @@ _e_border_resize_update(E_Border *bd)
 {
    char buf[40];
 
-   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, "%dx%d", bd->w, bd->h);
+   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, "%ix%i",
+	    (bd->client.w - bd->client.icccm.base_w) / bd->client.icccm.step_w, 
+	    (bd->client.h - bd->client.icccm.base_h) / bd->client.icccm.step_h);
    edje_object_part_text_set(resize_obj, "text", buf);
 }