diff --git a/src/insets/InsetText.cpp b/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
index 7439ae7659..84ba92a959 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
@@ -346,6 +346,13 @@ void InsetText::validate(LaTeXFeatures & features) const
 }
 
 
+bool InsetText::notifyCursorLeaves(Cursor & cur) { 
+	if(wide()) 
+		cur.updateFlags(cur.disp_.update() | Update::Force); 
+	return false; 
+} 
+
+
 void InsetText::cursorPos(BufferView const & bv,
 		CursorSlice const & sl, bool boundary, int & x, int & y) const
 {
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetText.h b/src/insets/InsetText.h
index cb38e4d574..6d72ec31f1 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetText.h
+++ b/src/insets/InsetText.h
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ public:
 	int docbook(Buffer const &, odocstream &, OutputParams const &) const;
 	///
 	void validate(LaTeXFeatures & features) const;
+	//FIXME The following should be removed when wide is.
+	/// Overridden to force an update if the inset was wide().
+	virtual bool notifyCursorLeaves(Cursor & cur);
 
 	/// return x,y of given position relative to the inset's baseline
 	void cursorPos(BufferView const & bv, CursorSlice const & sl,