diff -Nru mate-applets-1.18.1/debian/changelog mate-applets-1.18.1/debian/changelog
--- mate-applets-1.18.1/debian/changelog	2017-08-10 05:57:36.000000000 +0300
+++ mate-applets-1.18.1/debian/changelog	2017-10-29 12:23:53.000000000 +0300
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+mate-applets (1.18.1-1ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * fix-stickynotes-selection.patch: new patch by Alberts
+    Muktupāvels. Fixes text selection in the notes in
+    stickynotes applet. (LP: #1675581)
+
+ -- Vlad Orlov <monsta@inbox.ru>  Sun, 29 Oct 2017 12:23:53 +0300
+
 mate-applets (1.18.1-1build1) artful; urgency=medium
 
   * No-change rebuild against latest libgtop2
diff -Nru mate-applets-1.18.1/debian/patches/fix-stickynotes-selection.patch mate-applets-1.18.1/debian/patches/fix-stickynotes-selection.patch
--- mate-applets-1.18.1/debian/patches/fix-stickynotes-selection.patch	1970-01-01 03:00:00.000000000 +0300
+++ mate-applets-1.18.1/debian/patches/fix-stickynotes-selection.patch	2017-10-29 12:23:49.000000000 +0300
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 3fbc54ed3cb23afaa2476b5eac618e2d99616b38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: monsta <monsta@inbox.ru>
+Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:19:00 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] stickynotes: fix text selection
+
+fixes https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-applets/issues/236
+
+taken from:
+https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-applets/commit/?id=e189ba213c0f8db876dd020d1d80b9f8b576dd75
+---
+ stickynotes/stickynotes.c | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+Index: mate-applets-1.18.1/stickynotes/stickynotes.c
+===================================================================
+--- mate-applets-1.18.1.orig/stickynotes/stickynotes.c
++++ mate-applets-1.18.1/stickynotes/stickynotes.c
+@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ stickynote_new_aux (GdkScreen *screen, g
+ 
+ 	g_object_unref(builder);
+ 
++	g_signal_connect_after (note->w_body, "button-press-event",
++	                        G_CALLBACK (gtk_true), note);
++
+ 	g_signal_connect (gtk_text_view_get_buffer(GTK_TEXT_VIEW(note->w_body)),
+ 			  "changed",
+ 			  G_CALLBACK (buffer_changed), note);
diff -Nru mate-applets-1.18.1/debian/patches/series mate-applets-1.18.1/debian/patches/series
--- mate-applets-1.18.1/debian/patches/series	2016-10-03 21:57:13.000000000 +0300
+++ mate-applets-1.18.1/debian/patches/series	2017-10-29 12:23:43.000000000 +0300
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 1000-fix-build-on-linux-4.7-or-newer.patch
+fix-stickynotes-selection.patch