diff --git a/src/pty.cc b/src/pty.cc
index b0f56af..822edc0 100644
--- a/src/pty.cc
+++ b/src/pty.cc
@@ -249,6 +249,21 @@ Pty::child_setup() const noexcept
 		close(fd);
 	}
 
+        if (keep_fd > 0) {
+                int i;
+                /* Close most descriptors. */
+                for (i = 0; i < sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX); i++) {
+                        if (i != keep_fd &&
+                            i != fd &&
+                            i != STDOUT_FILENO &&
+                            i != STDIN_FILENO &&
+                            i != STDERR_FILENO) {
+                                close(i);
+                         }
+                }
+        }
+
+
         /* Now set the TERM environment variable */
         /* FIXME: Setting environment here seems to have no effect, the merged envp2 will override on exec.
          * By the way, we'd need to set the one from there, if any. */
@@ -347,6 +362,24 @@ pty_child_setup_cb(void* data)
         pty->child_setup();
 }
 
+static int
+_vte_pty_keep_fd(char **env_add)
+{
+        int i;
+        const gchar *needle = "VTE_PTY_KEEP_FD=";
+
+        if (env_add == NULL)
+                return -1;
+
+        for (i = 0; env_add[i] != NULL; i++) {
+                gchar *s = strstr(env_add[i], needle);
+                if (s != NULL)
+                        return atoi(&s[strlen(needle)]);
+        }
+
+        return -1;
+}
+
 /*
  * Pty::spawn:
  * @directory: the name of a directory the command should start in, or %nullptr
@@ -428,6 +461,10 @@ Pty::spawn(char const* directory,
         /* add the given environment to the childs */
         envp2 = __vte_pty_merge_environ (envv, directory, inherit_envv);
 
+        keep_fd = _vte_pty_keep_fd(envp2);
+        if (keep_fd > 0)
+                spawn_flags |= G_SPAWN_LEAVE_DESCRIPTORS_OPEN;
+
         _VTE_DEBUG_IF (VTE_DEBUG_MISC) {
                 g_printerr ("Spawning command:\n");
                 for (i = 0; argv[i] != NULL; i++) {
diff --git a/src/pty.hh b/src/pty.hh
index f03d279..fb42f33 100644
--- a/src/pty.hh
+++ b/src/pty.hh
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ private:
 
         VtePtyFlags m_flags{VTE_PTY_DEFAULT};
 
+        int keep_fd{0};
+
 public:
         constexpr Pty(int fd = -1,
                       VtePtyFlags flags = VTE_PTY_DEFAULT) noexcept
diff --git a/src/vte.cc b/src/vte.cc
index cba606e..56b336a 100644
--- a/src/vte.cc
+++ b/src/vte.cc
@@ -9455,6 +9455,13 @@ Terminal::widget_scroll(GdkEventScroll *event)
 
 	read_modifiers(base_event);
 
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION (2, 90, 8)
+	/* Do not intercept Alt+scroll, let the GtkNotebook handle it to switch tabs.
+	   Requires a fixed GTK+, see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145244 */
+	if (event->state & GDK_MOD1_MASK)
+		return;
+#endif
+
 	switch (event->direction) {
 	case GDK_SCROLL_UP:
 		m_mouse_smooth_scroll_delta -= 1.;
diff --git a/src/vtegtk.cc b/src/vtegtk.cc
index 8edb9d9..8f2dd2d 100644
--- a/src/vtegtk.cc
+++ b/src/vtegtk.cc
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 
 struct _VteTerminalClassPrivate {
         GtkStyleProvider *style_provider;
+        GtkStyleProvider *style_provider_padding;
 };
 
 #ifdef VTE_DEBUG
@@ -399,6 +400,9 @@ vte_terminal_init(VteTerminal *terminal)
         context = gtk_widget_get_style_context(&terminal->widget);
         gtk_style_context_add_provider (context,
                                         VTE_TERMINAL_GET_CLASS (terminal)->priv->style_provider,
+                                        GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_FALLBACK);
+        gtk_style_context_add_provider (context,
+                                        VTE_TERMINAL_GET_CLASS (terminal)->priv->style_provider_padding,
                                         GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_APPLICATION);
 
 	/* Initialize private data. NOTE: place is zeroed */
@@ -1813,6 +1817,7 @@ vte_terminal_class_init(VteTerminalClass *klass)
         klass->priv = G_TYPE_CLASS_GET_PRIVATE (klass, VTE_TYPE_TERMINAL, VteTerminalClassPrivate);
 
         klass->priv->style_provider = GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER (gtk_css_provider_new ());
+        klass->priv->style_provider_padding = GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER (gtk_css_provider_new ());
         gtk_css_provider_load_from_data (GTK_CSS_PROVIDER (klass->priv->style_provider),
                                          "VteTerminal, " VTE_TERMINAL_CSS_NAME " {\n"
                                          "padding: 1px 1px 1px 1px;\n"
@@ -1821,6 +1826,11 @@ vte_terminal_class_init(VteTerminalClass *klass)
                                          "}\n",
                                          -1, NULL);
 
+        gtk_css_provider_load_from_data (GTK_CSS_PROVIDER (klass->priv->style_provider_padding),
+                                         "VteTerminal, " VTE_TERMINAL_CSS_NAME " {\n"
+                                           "padding: 1px 1px 1px 1px;\n"
+                                         "}\n",
+                                         -1, NULL);
 #ifdef WITH_A11Y
         /* a11y */
         gtk_widget_class_set_accessible_type(widget_class, VTE_TYPE_TERMINAL_ACCESSIBLE);