diff --git a/src/fe-text/gui-entry.c b/src/fe-text/gui-entry.c
index 6e13ba4e..58743ac3 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/gui-entry.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/gui-entry.c
@@ -582,25 +582,40 @@ void gui_entry_erase(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int size, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_OP update_
 	if (size == 0 || entry->pos < size)
 		return;
 
+        if (entry->cutbuffer_len == 0) {
+          update_cutbuffer = CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_REPLACE;
+        }
+        int cutbuffer_new_size = entry->cutbuffer_len + size;
+        unichar *tmpcutbuffer = entry->cutbuffer;
 	switch (update_cutbuffer) {
+		case CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_APPEND:
+                        entry->cutbuffer = g_new(unichar, cutbuffer_new_size+1);
+                        if (entry->cutbuffer) {
+                                memcpy(entry->cutbuffer, tmpcutbuffer,
+                                                entry->cutbuffer_len * sizeof(unichar));
+                                memcpy(entry->cutbuffer + entry->cutbuffer_len * sizeof(unichar),
+                                                entry->text + entry->pos - size, size * sizeof(unichar));
+
+                                entry->cutbuffer_len = cutbuffer_new_size;
+                                entry->cutbuffer[cutbuffer_new_size] = '\0';
+                                g_free(tmpcutbuffer);
+                        }
+                        break;
+
 		case CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_PREPEND:
-			if (entry->cutbuffer_len) {
-				int cutbuffer_new_size = entry->cutbuffer_len + size;
-				unichar *tmpcutbuffer = entry->cutbuffer;
-				entry->cutbuffer = g_new(unichar, cutbuffer_new_size+1);
+                        entry->cutbuffer = g_new(unichar, cutbuffer_new_size+1);
+                        if (entry->cutbuffer) {
+                                memcpy(entry->cutbuffer, entry->text + entry->pos - size,
+                                                size * sizeof(unichar));
+                                memcpy(entry->cutbuffer + size, tmpcutbuffer,
+                                                entry->cutbuffer_len * sizeof(unichar));
 
-				memcpy(entry->cutbuffer, entry->text + entry->pos - size,
-						size * sizeof(unichar));
-				memcpy(entry->cutbuffer + size, tmpcutbuffer,
-						entry->cutbuffer_len * sizeof(unichar));
+                                entry->cutbuffer_len = cutbuffer_new_size;
+                                entry->cutbuffer[cutbuffer_new_size] = '\0';
+                                g_free(tmpcutbuffer);
+                        }
+                        break;
 
-				entry->cutbuffer_len = cutbuffer_new_size;
-				entry->cutbuffer[cutbuffer_new_size] = '\0';
-
-				g_free(tmpcutbuffer);
-				break;
-			}
-			/* fall through to REPLACE if cutbuffer_len was 0 */
 		case CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_REPLACE:
 			/* put erased text to cutbuffer */
 			if (entry->cutbuffer_len < size) {
@@ -613,6 +628,7 @@ void gui_entry_erase(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int size, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_OP update_
 			memcpy(entry->cutbuffer, entry->text + entry->pos - size,
 			       size * sizeof(unichar));
 			break;
+
 		case CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_NOOP:
 			break;
 	}
diff --git a/src/fe-text/gui-entry.h b/src/fe-text/gui-entry.h
index 498f95b9..d22a7fb8 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/gui-entry.h
+++ b/src/fe-text/gui-entry.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ typedef struct {
 typedef enum {
 	CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_NOOP,
 	CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_REPLACE,
+	CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_APPEND,
 	CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_PREPEND
 } CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_OP;