diff -uNr gtk+-2.2.0.orig/gtk/gtkmenuitem.c gtk+-2.2.0/gtk/gtkmenuitem.c
--- gtk+-2.2.0.orig/gtk/gtkmenuitem.c	Sun Dec 15 18:14:15 2002
+++ gtk+-2.2.0/gtk/gtkmenuitem.c	Sat Jan 18 21:23:05 2003
@@ -687,7 +689,7 @@
 	  gtk_paint_hline (widget->style, widget->window, GTK_STATE_NORMAL,
 			   area, widget, "menuitem",
 			   widget->allocation.x, widget->allocation.width,
-			   widget->allocation.y);
+			   widget->allocation.y + widget->allocation.height / 2);
 	}
     }
 }
