diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index e0e9d3b7e2..adc62e10e7 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -4161,7 +4161,11 @@ win_line(
 	    break;
 	}
 
-	if (draw_state == WL_LINE && area_highlighting)
+	if (draw_state == WL_LINE && (area_highlighting
+#ifdef FEAT_SPELL
+		|| has_spell
+#endif
+	   ))
 	{
 	    /* handle Visual or match highlighting in this line */
 	    if (vcol == fromcol
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index a7bee9099c..c3379676ea 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -799,6 +799,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    683,
 /**/
     682,
 /**/