diff --git a/libraries/vte3/fix_meta_alt_keybinding.patch b/libraries/vte3/fix_meta_alt_keybinding.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd364be584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/vte3/fix_meta_alt_keybinding.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+From 180dcc578e13c6096e277fb853e7162db640f207 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino@gentoo.org>
+Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:06:40 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Map both gdk's Meta and Alt to vte's Meta for >=gtk+-3.2.2
+ compatibility
+
+Also, since VTE_META_MASK is now a mask with multiple bits set, code that
+compares gdk key modifiers to VTE_META_MASK by numerical equality is no
+longer guaranteed to work. Therefore, for such comparisons a new function,
+vte_keymap_fixup_modifiers, is introduced; it ensures that if any bits
+matching matching VTE_META_MASK are set, then all are set.
+
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=663779
+---
+ src/keymap.c |   15 +++++++++++++--
+ src/keymap.h |    2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/keymap.c b/src/keymap.c
+index 9a21669..95b4c5b 100644
+--- a/src/keymap.c
++++ b/src/keymap.c
+@@ -990,6 +990,17 @@ static const struct _vte_keymap_group {
+ 	{GDK_KEY (F35),		_vte_keymap_GDK_F35},
+ };
+ 
++/* Restrict modifiers to the specified mask and ensure that VTE_META_MASK,
++ * despite being a compound mask, is treated as indivisible. */
++GdkModifierType
++_vte_keymap_fixup_modifiers(GdkModifierType modifiers,
++		GdkModifierType mask)
++{
++	if (modifiers & VTE_META_MASK)
++		modifiers |= VTE_META_MASK;
++	return modifiers & mask;
++}
++
+ /* Map the specified keyval/modifier setup, dependent on the mode, to either
+  * a literal string or a capability name. */
+ void
+@@ -1104,7 +1115,7 @@ _vte_keymap_map(guint keyval,
+ 	} else {
+ 		fkey_mode = fkey_default;
+ 	}
+-	modifiers &= (GDK_SHIFT_MASK | GDK_CONTROL_MASK | VTE_META_MASK | VTE_NUMLOCK_MASK);
++	modifiers = _vte_keymap_fixup_modifiers(modifiers, GDK_SHIFT_MASK | GDK_CONTROL_MASK | VTE_META_MASK | VTE_NUMLOCK_MASK);
+ 
+ 	/* Search for the conditions. */
+ 	for (i = 0; entries[i].normal_length || entries[i].special[0]; i++)
+@@ -1375,7 +1386,7 @@ _vte_keymap_key_add_key_modifiers(guint keyval,
+ 		return;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	switch (modifiers & significant_modifiers) {
++	switch (_vte_keymap_fixup_modifiers(modifiers, significant_modifiers)) {
+ 	case 0:
+ 		modifier = 0;
+ 		break;
+diff --git a/src/keymap.h b/src/keymap.h
+index 243e22e..21d9b8e 100644
+--- a/src/keymap.h
++++ b/src/keymap.h
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
+ 
+ G_BEGIN_DECLS
+ 
+-#define VTE_META_MASK		GDK_META_MASK
++#define VTE_META_MASK		(GDK_META_MASK | GDK_MOD1_MASK)
+ #define VTE_NUMLOCK_MASK	GDK_MOD2_MASK
+ 
+ /* Map the specified keyval/modifier setup, dependent on the mode, to either
+-- 
+1.7.8.rc3
+
diff --git a/libraries/vte3/fix_meta_alt_keybinding.patch.gz b/libraries/vte3/fix_meta_alt_keybinding.patch.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index d28d9d0a06..0000000000
Binary files a/libraries/vte3/fix_meta_alt_keybinding.patch.gz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/libraries/vte3/vte3.SlackBuild b/libraries/vte3/vte3.SlackBuild
index 4182387917..61a4884722 100644
--- a/libraries/vte3/vte3.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/vte3/vte3.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for vte3
 
-# Copyright 2012 Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackware-id.org>
+# Copyright 2012-2013 Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackware-id.org>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@
 
 SRCNAM=vte
 PRGNAM=vte3
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.34.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.34.4}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
-# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
     i?86) export ARCH=i486 ;;
@@ -56,11 +55,13 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
+set -e
+
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $SRCNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$SRCNAM-$VERSION.tar.?z* || exit 1
+tar xvf $CWD/$SRCNAM-$VERSION.tar.xz
 cd $SRCNAM-$VERSION
 
 # Make sure ownerships and permissions are sane:
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ find . \
   -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 # https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=663779
-zcat $CWD/fix_meta_alt_keybinding.patch.gz | patch -p1 || exit 1
+patch -p1 < $CWD/fix_meta_alt_keybinding.patch
 
 # Configure:
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
diff --git a/libraries/vte3/vte3.info b/libraries/vte3/vte3.info
index f8bb427c4b..187bc5fc2f 100644
--- a/libraries/vte3/vte3.info
+++ b/libraries/vte3/vte3.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="vte3"
-VERSION="0.34.2"
+VERSION="0.34.4"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnome.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.34/vte-0.34.2.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="523eae73bd93d58b9427357774956b22"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.34/vte-0.34.4.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="894a9b165f7992966134b6be9c775196"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""