diff --git a/xsane-0.998-preview-selection.patch b/xsane-0.998-preview-selection.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..116a0dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xsane-0.998-preview-selection.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+From 81782eb74370afd321dbd394ca1aa60c01bead7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 14:30:14 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] patch: preview-selection
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Squashed commit of the following:
+
+commit 3a238ff28cf8c57d11f41624cf340d2fdbe15c83
+Author: Reinhard Fössmeier <info@ais-sanmarino.org>
+Date:   Wed May 12 20:23:18 2010 +0200
+
+    fixed a problem in mouse event processing
+
+    Fixed a problem in mouse event processing that interfered with selecting
+    the scan rectangle in the preview window.
+---
+ src/xsane-preview.c |    9 ++++-----
+ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/xsane-preview.c b/src/xsane-preview.c
+index f089dd1..264c775 100644
+--- a/src/xsane-preview.c
++++ b/src/xsane-preview.c
+@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
+ #include "xsane-preview.h"
+ #include "xsane-preferences.h"
+ #include "xsane-gamma.h"
+-#include <gdk/gdkkeysyms.h>
+ 
+ 
+ #ifndef PATH_MAX
+@@ -3023,9 +3022,9 @@ static gint preview_motion_event_handler(GtkWidget *window, GdkEvent *event, gpo
+     preview_display_color_components(p, event->motion.x, event->motion.y);
+ 
+     switch (((GdkEventMotion *)event)->state &
+-            GDK_Num_Lock & GDK_Caps_Lock & GDK_Shift_Lock & GDK_Scroll_Lock) /* mask all Locks */
++            (GDK_BUTTON1_MASK | GDK_BUTTON2_MASK | GDK_BUTTON3_MASK)) /* only check for mouse buttons */
+     {
+-      case 256: /* left button */
++      case GDK_BUTTON1_MASK: /* left button */
+ 
+         DBG(DBG_info2, "left button\n");
+ 
+@@ -3292,8 +3291,8 @@ static gint preview_motion_event_handler(GtkWidget *window, GdkEvent *event, gpo
+         }
+        break;
+ 
+-      case 512: /* middle button */
+-      case 1024: /* right button */
++      case GDK_BUTTON2_MASK: /* middle button */
++      case GDK_BUTTON3_MASK: /* right button */
+         DBG(DBG_info2, "middle or right button\n");
+ 
+         if (p->selection_drag)
+-- 
+1.7.5.2
+
diff --git a/xsane.spec b/xsane.spec
index 3db10d3..8930973 100644
--- a/xsane.spec
+++ b/xsane.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 Name: xsane
 Summary: X Window System front-end for the SANE scanner interface
 Version: 0.998
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 Source0: http://www.xsane.org/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # distro-specific: use "xdg-open" instead of "netscape" to launch help browser
 Patch0: xsane-0.995-xdg-open.patch
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Patch6: xsane-0.998-desktop-file.patch
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693224
 # submitted to upstream (Oliver Rauch) via email, 2011-04-04
 Patch7: xsane-0.998-xsane_update_param-crash.patch
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624190
+# fix from: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xsane/+bug/370818
+# submitted to upstream (Oliver Rauch) via email, 2011-06-01
+Patch8: xsane-0.998-preview-selection.patch
 # autoconf-generated files
 Patch100: xsane-0.998-1-autoconf.patch.bz2
 License: GPLv2+
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ done
 %patch5 -p1 -b .ipv6
 %patch6 -p1 -b .desktop-file
 %patch7 -p1 -b .xsane_update_param-crash
+%patch8 -p1 -b .preview-selection.patch
 
 %patch100 -p1 -b .autoconf
 
@@ -165,6 +170,10 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/sane/xsane
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jun 01 2011 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com> - 0.998-4
+- fix a problem in mouse event processing that interferes with selecting the
+  scan rectangle in the preview window (#624190, patch by Reinhard Fössmeier)
+
 * Mon Apr 04 2011 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com> - 0.998-3
 - don't dereference unset xsane.preview (#693224)