diff -p -up gnome-terminal-2.25.3/src/terminal.c.geometry gnome-terminal-2.25.3/src/terminal.c
--- gnome-terminal-2.25.3/src/terminal.c.geometry	2008-12-15 20:57:29.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-terminal-2.25.3/src/terminal.c	2008-12-18 22:22:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -232,9 +232,27 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   /* Make a NULL-terminated copy since we may need it later */
   argv_copy = g_new (char *, argc + 1);
   for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
+   {
+     /* add support for -geometry and -T from xterm 
+      * modify -e meaning when argv[0] == xvt for consistency with other
+      * terminal emulators  
+      * we are leaking these options but it is not really a problem */
+     if (!strcmp (argv [i], "-geometry")) 
+       {
+   	argv[i] = "--geometry";
+       }
+     if (!strcmp (argv [i], "-T")) 
+       {
+ 	 argv[i] = "-t";
+      }
+     if (!strcmp (argv [i], "-e") && g_str_has_suffix(argv [0],"xvt")) 
+     {
+ 	 argv[i] = "-x";
+     }
     argv_copy [i] = argv [i];
+   }
   argv_copy [i] = NULL;
   argc_copy = argc;
 
   startup_id = g_getenv ("DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID");