diff --git a/lib/codemirror.css b/lib/codemirror.css
index 0b53704506..ec0321ab75 100644
--- a/lib/codemirror.css
+++ b/lib/codemirror.css
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   padding: 0 4px; /* Horizontal padding of content */
 }
 
-.CodeMirror-scrollbar-filler {
+.CodeMirror-scrollbar-filler, .CodeMirror-gutter-filler {
   background-color: white; /* The little square between H and V scrollbars */
 }
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ div.CodeMirror span.CodeMirror-nonmatchingbracket {color: #f22;}
 /* The fake, visible scrollbars. Used to force redraw during scrolling
    before actuall scrolling happens, thus preventing shaking and
    flickering artifacts. */
-.CodeMirror-vscrollbar, .CodeMirror-hscrollbar, .CodeMirror-scrollbar-filler {
+.CodeMirror-vscrollbar, .CodeMirror-hscrollbar, .CodeMirror-scrollbar-filler, .CodeMirror-gutter-filler {
   position: absolute;
   z-index: 6;
   display: none;
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ div.CodeMirror span.CodeMirror-nonmatchingbracket {color: #f22;}
 }
 .CodeMirror-scrollbar-filler {
   right: 0; bottom: 0;
-  z-index: 6;
+}
+.CodeMirror-gutter-filler {
+  left: 0; bottom: 0;
 }
 
 .CodeMirror-gutters {
diff --git a/lib/codemirror.js b/lib/codemirror.js
index 5f253de552..148db32e65 100644
--- a/lib/codemirror.js
+++ b/lib/codemirror.js
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ window.CodeMirror = (function() {
     d.scrollbarH = elt("div", [elt("div", null, null, "height: 1px")], "CodeMirror-hscrollbar");
     d.scrollbarV = elt("div", [elt("div", null, null, "width: 1px")], "CodeMirror-vscrollbar");
     d.scrollbarFiller = elt("div", null, "CodeMirror-scrollbar-filler");
+    d.gutterFiller = elt("div", null, "CodeMirror-gutter-filler");
     // DIVs containing the selection and the actual code
     d.lineDiv = elt("div");
     d.selectionDiv = elt("div", null, null, "position: relative; z-index: 1");
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ window.CodeMirror = (function() {
     d.scroller.setAttribute("tabIndex", "-1");
     // The element in which the editor lives.
     d.wrapper = elt("div", [d.inputDiv, d.scrollbarH, d.scrollbarV,
-                            d.scrollbarFiller, d.scroller], "CodeMirror");
+                            d.scrollbarFiller, d.gutterFiller, d.scroller], "CodeMirror");
     // Work around IE7 z-index bug
     if (ie_lt8) { d.gutters.style.zIndex = -1; d.scroller.style.paddingRight = 0; }
     if (place.appendChild) place.appendChild(d.wrapper); else place(d.wrapper);
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ window.CodeMirror = (function() {
     estimateLineHeights(cm);
     regChange(cm);
     clearCaches(cm);
-    setTimeout(function(){updateScrollbars(cm.display, cm.doc.height);}, 100);
+    setTimeout(function(){updateScrollbars(cm.display, cm.doc.height, cm.options.fixedGutter);}, 100);
   }
 
   function estimateHeight(cm) {
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ window.CodeMirror = (function() {
 
   // Re-synchronize the fake scrollbars with the actual size of the
   // content. Optionally force a scrollTop.
-  function updateScrollbars(d /* display */, docHeight) {
+  function updateScrollbars(d /* display */, docHeight, fixedGutter) {
     var totalHeight = docHeight + paddingVert(d);
     d.sizer.style.minHeight = d.heightForcer.style.top = totalHeight + "px";
     var scrollHeight = Math.max(totalHeight, d.scroller.scrollHeight);
@@ -341,6 +342,11 @@ window.CodeMirror = (function() {
       d.scrollbarFiller.style.display = "block";
       d.scrollbarFiller.style.height = d.scrollbarFiller.style.width = scrollbarWidth(d.measure) + "px";
     } else d.scrollbarFiller.style.display = "";
+    if (needsH && fixedGutter) {
+      d.gutterFiller.style.display = "block";
+      d.gutterFiller.style.height = scrollbarWidth(d.measure) + "px";
+      d.gutterFiller.style.width = d.gutters.offsetWidth + "px";
+    } else d.gutterFiller.style.display = "";
 
     if (mac_geLion && scrollbarWidth(d.measure) === 0)
       d.scrollbarV.style.minWidth = d.scrollbarH.style.minHeight = mac_geMountainLion ? "18px" : "12px";
@@ -406,7 +412,7 @@ window.CodeMirror = (function() {
           signalLater(cm, "viewportChange", cm, cm.display.showingFrom, cm.display.showingTo);
       } else break;
       updateSelection(cm);
-      updateScrollbars(cm.display, cm.doc.height);
+      updateScrollbars(cm.display, cm.doc.height, cm.options.fixedGutter);
 
       // Clip forced viewport to actual scrollable area
       if (viewPort)
@@ -1585,7 +1591,7 @@ window.CodeMirror = (function() {
       var target = e_target(e);
       if (target == display.scrollbarH || target == display.scrollbarH.firstChild ||
           target == display.scrollbarV || target == display.scrollbarV.firstChild ||
-          target == display.scrollbarFiller) return null;
+          target == display.scrollbarFiller || target == display.gutterFiller) return null;
     }
     var x, y, space = getRect(display.lineSpace);
     // Fails unpredictably on IE[67] when mouse is dragged around quickly.