private:
     // FIXME: shouldn't we destroy these windows somewhere?
 
-    // used by DrawHeaderButton and DrawPushButton
+    // used by DrawPushButton and DrawDropArrow
     static GtkWidget *GetButtonWidget();
 
     // used by DrawTreeItemButton()
 
     // used by DrawCheckBox()
     static GtkWidget *GetCheckButtonWidget();
+
+    // Used by DrawHeaderButton
+    static GtkWidget *GetHeaderButtonWidget();
 };
 
 // ============================================================================
     return s_tree;
 }
 
+
+// This one just gets the button used by the column header.  Although it's
+// still a gtk_button the themes will typically differentiate and draw them
+// differently if the button is in a treeview.
+GtkWidget *
+wxRendererGTK::GetHeaderButtonWidget()
+{
+    static GtkWidget *s_button = NULL;
+    
+    if ( !s_button )
+    {
+        // Get the dummy tree widget, give it a column, and then use the
+        // widget in the column header for the rendering code.
+        GtkWidget* treewidget = GetTreeWidget();
+        GtkTreeViewColumn*  column = gtk_tree_view_column_new();
+        gtk_tree_view_append_column(GTK_TREE_VIEW(treewidget), column);
+        s_button = column->button;
+    }
+
+    return s_button;
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // list/tree controls drawing
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 wxHeaderButtonParams* params)
 {
 
-    GtkWidget *button = GetButtonWidget();
-
+    GtkWidget *button = GetHeaderButtonWidget();
+    
     GdkWindow* gdk_window = dc.GetGDKWindow();
     wxASSERT_MSG( gdk_window,
                   wxT("cannot use wxRendererNative on wxDC of this type") );
     int x_diff = 0;
     if (win->GetLayoutDirection() == wxLayout_RightToLeft)
         x_diff = rect.width;
-        
+
     gtk_paint_box
     (
         button->style,
         rect.height = full_size;
         rect.width = w;
     }
-    
+
     int x_diff = 0;
     if (win->GetLayoutDirection() == wxLayout_RightToLeft)
         x_diff = rect.width;
                         rect.width,
                         rect.height );
     }
+    else // !wxCONTROL_SELECTED
+    {
+        state = GTK_STATE_NORMAL;
+    }
 
     if (flags & wxCONTROL_CURRENT)
     {
-        gtk_paint_focus( win->m_widget->style, 
+        gtk_paint_focus( win->m_widget->style,
                          gdk_window,
-                         GTK_STATE_SELECTED,
+                         state,
                          NULL,
                          win->m_wxwindow,
                          "treeview",