diff --git a/poppler/TextOutputDev.cc b/poppler/TextOutputDev.cc
index 75a0ac0..5619a36 100644
--- a/poppler/TextOutputDev.cc
+++ b/poppler/TextOutputDev.cc
@@ -3823,7 +3823,7 @@ void TextBlock::visitSelection(TextSelectionVisitor *visitor,
     if (selection->x1 < p->xMax && selection->y1 < p->yMax && 
 	selection->x2 < p->xMax && selection->y2 < p->yMax && begin == NULL) {
       begin = p;
-      if (selection->x1 < selection->x2) {
+      if (selection->x1 <= selection->x2) {
 	start_x = selection->x1;
 	start_y = selection->y1;
 	stop_x = selection->x2;
@@ -3901,7 +3901,7 @@ void TextPage::visitSelection(TextSelectionVisitor *visitor,
     if (selection->x1 < b->xMax && selection->y1 < b->yMax &&
 	selection->x2 < b->xMax && selection->y2 < b->yMax && i < begin) {
       begin = i;
-      if (selection->y1 < selection->y2) {
+      if (selection->y1 <= selection->y2) {
 	start_x = selection->x1;
 	start_y = selection->y1;
 	stop_x = selection->x2;