diff --git a/src/plugins/dbus3270/gobject.c b/src/plugins/dbus3270/gobject.c
index 22c5a71..ecec062 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dbus3270/gobject.c
+++ b/src/plugins/dbus3270/gobject.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ void pw3270_dbus_get_text_at(PW3270Dbus *object, int row, int col, int len, DBus
 	}
  }
 
- void pw3270_dbus_get_text(PW3270Dbus *object, int offset, int len, DBusGMethodInvocation *context)
+ void pw3270_dbus_get_text(PW3270Dbus *object, int offset, int len, char lf, DBusGMethodInvocation *context)
  {
 	gchar	* text;
 	H3270	* hSession = pw3270_dbus_get_session_handle(object);
@@ -323,7 +323,11 @@ void pw3270_dbus_get_text_at(PW3270Dbus *object, int row, int col, int len, DBus
 	if(pw3270_dbus_check_valid_state(object,context))
 		return;
 
-	text = lib3270_get_text(hSession,offset,len,'\n');
+	if(len < 0) {
+		len = lib3270_get_length(hSession);
+	}
+
+	text = lib3270_get_text(hSession,offset,len,lf);
 	if(!text)
 	{
 		GError *error = pw3270_dbus_get_error_from_errno(errno);
@@ -336,6 +340,8 @@ void pw3270_dbus_get_text_at(PW3270Dbus *object, int row, int col, int len, DBus
 
 		lib3270_free(text);
 
+		debug("\n%s\n",utftext);
+
 		dbus_g_method_return(context,utftext);
 
 		g_free(utftext);
diff --git a/src/plugins/dbus3270/pw3270dbus.xml b/src/plugins/dbus3270/pw3270dbus.xml
index dc310b7..f289efc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dbus3270/pw3270dbus.xml
+++ b/src/plugins/dbus3270/pw3270dbus.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
       <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.Async" value="true"/>
       <arg type="i" name="addr" direction="in" />
       <arg type="i" name="len" direction="in" />
+      <arg type="y" name="lf" direction="in" />
       <arg type="s" name="text" direction="out" />
     </method>
     <method name="setClipboard">
diff --git a/src/plugins/dbus3270/service.h b/src/plugins/dbus3270/service.h
index 57d8f86..a98d382 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dbus3270/service.h
+++ b/src/plugins/dbus3270/service.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 	void		  pw3270_dbus_pa_key(PW3270Dbus *object, int key, DBusGMethodInvocation *context);
 	void		  pw3270_dbus_set_text_at(PW3270Dbus *object, int row, int col, const gchar *text, DBusGMethodInvocation *context);
 	void		  pw3270_dbus_get_text_at(PW3270Dbus *object, int row, int col, int len, DBusGMethodInvocation *context);
-	void		  pw3270_dbus_get_text(PW3270Dbus *object, int offset, int len, DBusGMethodInvocation *context);
+	void		  pw3270_dbus_get_text(PW3270Dbus *object, int offset, int len, char lf, DBusGMethodInvocation *context);
 	void		  pw3270_dbus_cmp_text_at(PW3270Dbus *object, int row, int col, const gchar *text, DBusGMethodInvocation *context);
     void          pw3270_dbus_input(PW3270Dbus *object, const gchar *utftext, DBusGMethodInvocation *context);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/dbus3270/test.sh b/src/plugins/dbus3270/test.sh
index 39e7a5c..54bd912 100755
--- a/src/plugins/dbus3270/test.sh
+++ b/src/plugins/dbus3270/test.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ run_command()
 			dbus-send --session  --print-reply --dest=$DEST.$SESSION $BPATH $DEST.getScreenContents
 			;;
 
+		gettext)
+			dbus-send --session  --print-reply --dest=$DEST.$SESSION $BPATH $DEST.getText int32:1 int32:-1 byte:0
+			;;
+
 		protect)
 			dbus-send --session  --print-reply --dest=$DEST.$SESSION $BPATH $DEST.getIsProtectedAt int32:$2 int32:$3 
 			;;
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