1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/select.el b/lisp/select.el
index 8fb51428272..b953743fd8b 100644
--- a/lisp/select.el
+++ b/lisp/select.el
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
 (defun x-get-selection (&optional type data-type)
   "Return the value of an X Windows selection.
 The argument TYPE (default `PRIMARY') says which selection, 
-and the argument DATA-TYPE (default `STRING') says how to convert the data."
-  (x-get-selection-internal (or type 'PRIMARY) (or data-type 'STRING)))
+and the argument DATA-TYPE (default `COMPOUND_TEXT') says
+how to convert the data."
+  (x-get-selection-internal (or type 'PRIMARY) (or data-type 'COMPOUND_TEXT)))
 
 (defun x-get-clipboard ()
   "Return text pasted to the clipboard."
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ Cut buffers are considered obsolete; you should use selections instead."
 
 (setq selection-converter-alist
       '((TEXT . xselect-convert-to-string)
+        (COMPOUND_TEXT . xselect-convert-to-string)
         (STRING . xselect-convert-to-string)
         (TARGETS . xselect-convert-to-targets)
         (LENGTH . xselect-convert-to-length)