diff --git a/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j b/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j
index 84c59228e..3d9c85d22 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j
@@ -1712,6 +1712,7 @@ var kDelegateRespondsTo_textShouldBeginEditing
     else
     {
         caretRect = [_layoutManager boundingRectForGlyphRange:CPMakeRange(_selectionRange.location, 1) inTextContainer:_textContainer];
+        caretRect.size.height -= 3; // mimic the native caret metrics on macosx
     }
 
     caretRect.origin.x += _textContainerOrigin.x;