diff --git a/src/if_py_both.h b/src/if_py_both.h
index 2398e812c..339250e99 100644
--- a/src/if_py_both.h
+++ b/src/if_py_both.h
@@ -520,7 +520,13 @@ VimStrwidth(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args)
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &expr))
 	return NULL;
 
-    return PyLong_FromLong(mb_string2cells((char_u *)expr, (int)STRLEN(expr)));
+    return PyLong_FromLong(
+#ifdef FEAT_MBYTE
+	    mb_string2cells((char_u *)expr, (int)STRLEN(expr))
+#else
+	    STRLEN(expr)
+#endif
+	    );
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index ffefbb274..c551421f0 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -725,6 +725,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    749,
 /**/
     748,
 /**/