diff -r a6b111b6c590 st.c
--- a/st.c	Wed Jun 02 16:01:30 2010 +0200
+++ b/st.c	Thu Jun 03 01:01:09 2010 +0100
@@ -1034,11 +1034,13 @@
 	XClassHint chint = {TNAME, TNAME};
 	XWMHints wmhint	 = {.flags = InputHint, .input = 1};
 	XSizeHints shint = { 
-		.flags = PSize | PResizeInc,
+		.flags = PSize | PResizeInc | PBaseSize,
 		.height = xw.h, /* XXX: doesn't seem to work, see run() */
 		.width = xw.w,
 		.height_inc = xw.ch,
 		.width_inc = xw.cw,
+		.base_height = 2*BORDER,
+		.base_width = 2*BORDER,
 	};
 	XSetWMProperties(xw.dis, xw.win, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, &shint, &wmhint, &chint);
 }