diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ce07b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+*.log
+config.sub
+config.cache
+config.guess
+configure
+ltconfig
+ltmain.sh
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+libtool.m4
+lt*.m4
+config.status
+config.h
+libtool
+stamp-h*
+libast.spec
+config.h.in
+missing
+mkinstalldirs
+install-sh
+Eterm*.tar.gz
+*.sddf
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+.deps
+.libs
+lib*.la
+*.da
+*.lo
+*.o
+autom4te*
+depcomp
+*.orig
+*.rej
+*~
+doc/Eterm.1
+doc/Eterm.1.html
+doc/Eterm.tcap
+src/Eterm
+themes/*/theme.cfg
+utils/Esetroot
+utils/Etbg
+utils/Ettable
+utils/kEsetroot
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b2a70b1..2095352 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5676,3 +5676,8 @@ Tue Mar 15 23:26:05 2011                        Michael Jennings (mej)
 
 Release Eterm 0.9.6.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 26 08:59:13 2014                        Michael Jennings (mej)
+
+Patch from Pavel Sanda <ps@ucw.cz> to fix copy/paste behavior with
+some Qt-based apps (e.g., LyX).
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Eterm.spec b/Eterm.spec
index e7b920e..26f095b 100644
--- a/Eterm.spec
+++ b/Eterm.spec
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 
 Summary: Enlightened terminal emulator
 Name: Eterm
-Version: 0.9.6
-Release: 1
-#Release: 0.%(date '+%Y%m%d')
+Version: 0.9.7
+#Release: 1
+Release: 0.%(date '+%Y%m%d')
 License: BSD
 Group: User Interface/X
 URL: http://www.eterm.org/
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 88d45e8..f540ec9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ SAVE_AUTOHEADER="$AUTOHEADER"
 SAVE_AUTOMAKE="$AUTOMAKE"
 
 AC_INIT(src/feature.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(Eterm, 0.9.6)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(Eterm, 0.9.7)
 
 dnl# Set some basic variables
 DATE="`date '+%d %B %Y'`"
diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index 1005fac..ed41535 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -2566,6 +2566,7 @@ selection_copy_string(Atom sel, char *str, size_t len)
         if (XGetSelectionOwner(Xdisplay, sel) != TermWin.vt) {
             libast_print_error("Can't take ownership of selection\n");
         }
+        XFlush(Xdisplay);
     } else {
         D_SELECT(("Copying selection to cut buffer %d\n", (int) sel));
         XChangeProperty(Xdisplay, Xroot, sel, XA_STRING, 8, PropModeReplace, str, len);