diff --git a/objects/SADT/box.c b/objects/SADT/box.c
index 3cecb92..07979fe 100644
--- a/objects/SADT/box.c
+++ b/objects/SADT/box.c
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ typedef struct _Box {
   Text *text;
   gchar *id;
   real padding;
+  LineStyle line_style;
+  real dashlength;
 
   TextAttributes attrs;
   
@@ -143,6 +145,7 @@ static PropDescription box_props[] = {
   PROP_STD_TEXT_FONT,
   PROP_STD_TEXT_HEIGHT,
   PROP_STD_TEXT_COLOUR,
+  PROP_STD_LINE_STYLE_OPTIONAL,
   PROP_STD_LINE_COLOUR_OPTIONAL,
   PROP_STD_FILL_COLOUR_OPTIONAL,
   { "id", PROP_TYPE_STRING, PROP_FLAG_VISIBLE|PROP_FLAG_DONT_MERGE,
@@ -172,6 +175,8 @@ static PropOffset box_offsets[] = {
   { "text_font",PROP_TYPE_FONT,offsetof(Box,attrs.font)},
   { PROP_STDNAME_TEXT_HEIGHT,PROP_STDTYPE_TEXT_HEIGHT,offsetof(Box,attrs.height)},
   { "text_colour",PROP_TYPE_COLOUR,offsetof(Box,attrs.color)},
+  { "line_style", PROP_TYPE_LINESTYLE,
+    offsetof(Box, line_style), offsetof(Box, dashlength) },
   { "line_colour", PROP_TYPE_COLOUR, offsetof(Box, line_color) },
   { "fill_colour", PROP_TYPE_COLOUR, offsetof(Box, fill_color) },
   { "id", PROP_TYPE_STRING, offsetof(Box,id)},
@@ -293,7 +298,9 @@ sadtbox_draw(Box *box, DiaRenderer *renderer)
 
 
   renderer_ops->set_linewidth(renderer, SADTBOX_LINE_WIDTH);
-  renderer_ops->set_linestyle(renderer, LINESTYLE_SOLID);
+  renderer_ops->set_linestyle(renderer, box->line_style);
+  renderer_ops->set_dashlength(renderer, box->dashlength);
+
   renderer_ops->set_linejoin(renderer, LINEJOIN_MITER);
 
   renderer_ops->draw_rect(renderer, 
@@ -501,6 +508,7 @@ sadtbox_create(Point *startpoint,
   elem->height = DEFAULT_HEIGHT;
 
   box->padding = 0.5; /* default_values.padding; */
+  attributes_get_default_line_style(&box->line_style,&box->dashlength);
   
   box->line_color = color_black;
   box->fill_color = color_white;