diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
index bd3e418e92..d4b7bce11f 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ frontend::Application * createApplication(int & argc, char * argv[])
 	// prune -geometry argument(s) by shifting
 	// the following ones 2 places down.
 	for (int i = 0 ; i < argc ; ++i) {
-		if (argv[i] == "-geometry") {
+		if (strcmp(argv[i], "-geometry") == 0) {
 			int const remove = (i+1) < argc ? 2 : 1;
 			argc -= remove;
 			for (int j = i; j < argc; ++j)
diff --git a/status.16x b/status.16x
index 9ca169b5b6..1bf5f1efc5 100644
--- a/status.16x
+++ b/status.16x
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ What's new
 
 * USER INTERFACE
 
-
+- Fix the -geometry command line option on Windows (bug 5467).
 
 
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION