diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp b/src/widgets/styles/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp
index de819e9..447882b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ void QWindowsVistaStyle::drawControl(ControlElement element, const QStyleOption
     case CE_MenuItem:
         if (const QStyleOptionMenuItem *menuitem = qstyleoption_cast<const QStyleOptionMenuItem *>(option)) {
             // windows always has a check column, regardless whether we have an icon or not
-            int checkcol = 28;
+            int checkcol = 25;
             {
                 SIZE    size;
                 MARGINS margins;
@@ -1244,14 +1244,23 @@ void QWindowsVistaStyle::drawControl(ControlElement element, const QStyleOption
                                   MENU_POPUPCHECKBACKGROUND, MBI_HOT);
                 pGetThemePartSize(theme.handle(), NULL, MENU_POPUPCHECK, 0, NULL,TS_TRUE, &size);
                 pGetThemeMargins(theme.handle(), NULL, MENU_POPUPCHECK, 0, TMT_CONTENTMARGINS, NULL, &margins);
-                checkcol = qMax(menuitem->maxIconWidth, int(6 + size.cx + margins.cxLeftWidth + margins.cxRightWidth));
+                checkcol = qMax(menuitem->maxIconWidth, int(3 + size.cx + margins.cxLeftWidth + margins.cxRightWidth));
             }
             QRect rect = option->rect;
 
             //draw vertical menu line
+            if (option->direction == Qt::LeftToRight)
+                checkcol += rect.x();
             QPoint p1 = QStyle::visualPos(option->direction, menuitem->rect, QPoint(checkcol, rect.top()));
             QPoint p2 = QStyle::visualPos(option->direction, menuitem->rect, QPoint(checkcol, rect.bottom()));
             QRect gutterRect(p1.x(), p1.y(), 3, p2.y() - p1.y() + 1);
+            const int dx= painter->deviceMatrix().dx();
+            qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << widget << "direction" << option->direction
+                     <<"checkcol" << checkcol << "p1" << p1 << rect
+                     << "right " << rect.right()
+                     << "dx" <<dx
+                     << "abs checkcol" << (checkcol + dx)  << "abs p1x" << (p1.x() + dx)
+                     << "abs right" << (rect.right()+ dx);
             XPThemeData theme2(widget, painter, QWindowsXPStylePrivate::MenuTheme,
                                MENU_POPUPGUTTER, stateId, gutterRect);
             d->drawBackground(theme2);