--- a/runtime/doc/vimtutor.1
+++ b/runtime/doc/vimtutor.1
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 vimtutor \- the Vim tutor
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .br
-.B vimtutor [language]
+.B vimtutor [-g] [language]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Vimtutor
 starts the
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ is useful for people that want to learn 
 .B Vim
 commands.
 .PP
+The optional argument -g starts vimtutor with gvim rather than vim, if the
+GUI version of vim is available, or falls back to Vim if gvim is not found.
+.PP
 The optional [language] argument is the two-letter name of a language, like
 "it" or "es".
 If the [language] argument is missing, the language of the current locale will

--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -1867,6 +1867,8 @@ installmacros: $(DEST_VIM) $(DEST_RT) $(
 installtutorbin: $(DEST_VIM)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) vimtutor $(DEST_BIN)/$(VIMNAME)tutor
 	chmod $(SCRIPTMOD) $(DEST_BIN)/$(VIMNAME)tutor
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) gvimtutor $(DEST_BIN)/$(GVIMNAME)tutor
+	chmod $(SCRIPTMOD) $(DEST_BIN)/$(GVIMNAME)tutor
 
 installtutor: $(DEST_RT) $(DEST_TUTOR)
 	-$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TUTORSOURCE)/README* $(TUTORSOURCE)/tutor* $(DEST_TUTOR)
@@ -2075,6 +2077,7 @@ installmanlinks:
 uninstall: uninstall_runtime
 	-rm -f $(DEST_BIN)/$(VIMTARGET)
 	-rm -f $(DEST_BIN)/vimtutor
+	-rm -f $(DEST_BIN)/gvimtutor
 	-rm -f $(DEST_BIN)/$(EXTARGET) $(DEST_BIN)/$(VIEWTARGET)
 	-rm -f $(DEST_BIN)/$(GVIMTARGET) $(DEST_BIN)/$(GVIEWTARGET)
 	-rm -f $(DEST_BIN)/$(RVIMTARGET) $(DEST_BIN)/$(RVIEWTARGET)
@@ -2171,7 +2174,7 @@ SHADOWDIR = shadow
 
 shadow:	runtime pixmaps
 	mkdir $(SHADOWDIR)
-	cd $(SHADOWDIR); ln -s ../*.[ch] ../*.in ../*.sh ../*.xs ../*.xbm ../toolcheck ../proto ../vimtutor ../mkinstalldirs .
+	cd $(SHADOWDIR); ln -s ../*.[ch] ../*.in ../*.sh ../*.xs ../*.xbm ../toolcheck ../proto ../vimtutor ../gvimtutor ../mkinstalldirs .
 	mkdir $(SHADOWDIR)/auto
 	cd $(SHADOWDIR)/auto; ln -s ../../auto/configure .
 	cd $(SHADOWDIR); rm -f auto/link.sed

--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -667,6 +667,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    295,
+/**/
     294,
 /**/
     293,

--- a/src/vimtutor
+++ b/src/vimtutor
@@ -2,11 +2,24 @@
 
 # Start Vim on a copy of the tutor file.
 
-# Usage: vimtutor [xx], where xx is a language code like "es" or "nl".
+# Usage: vimtutor [-g] [xx]
+# Where optional argument -g starts vimtutor in gvim (GUI) instead of vim.
+# and xx is a language code like "es" or "nl".
 # When an argument is given, it tries loading that tutor.
 # When this fails or no argument was given, it tries using 'v:lang'
 # When that also fails, it uses the English version.
 
+# Vim could be called "vim" or "vi".  Also check for "vimN", for people who
+# have Vim installed with its version number.
+# We anticipate up to a future Vim 8 version :-).
+seq="vim vim8 vim75 vim74 vim73 vim72 vim71 vim70 vim7 vim6 vi"
+if test "$1" = "-g"; then 
+  # Try to use the GUI version of Vim if possible, it will fall back
+  # on Vim if Gvim is not installed.
+  seq="gvim gvim8 gvim75 gvim74 gvim73 gvim72 gvim71 gvim70 gvim7 gvim6 $seq"
+  shift
+fi
+
 xx=$1
 export xx
 
@@ -39,10 +52,6 @@ export TUTORCOPY
 # remove the copy of the tutor on exit
 trap "rm -rf $TODELETE" 0 1 2 3 9 11 13 15
 
-# Vim could be called "vim" or "vi".  Also check for "vimN", for people who
-# have Vim installed with its version number.
-# We anticipate up to a future Vim 8 version :-).
-seq="vim vim8 vim75 vim74 vim73 vim72 vim71 vim70 vim7 vim6 vi"
 for i in $seq; do
 	testvim=`which $i 2>/dev/null`
 	if test -f "$testvim"; then
@@ -59,7 +68,7 @@ fi
 
 # Use Vim to copy the tutor, it knows the value of $VIMRUNTIME
 # The script tutor.vim tells Vim which file to copy
-$VIM -u NONE -c 'so $VIMRUNTIME/tutor/tutor.vim'
+$VIM -f -u NONE -c 'so $VIMRUNTIME/tutor/tutor.vim'
 
 # Start vim without any .vimrc, set 'nocompatible'
-$VIM -u NONE -c "set nocp" $TUTORCOPY
+$VIM -f -u NONE -c "set nocp" $TUTORCOPY