diff --git a/vim-colors-solarized/colors/solarized.vim b/vim-colors-solarized/colors/solarized.vim
index 8e3b0b8..0df0e00 100644
--- a/vim-colors-solarized/colors/solarized.vim
+++ b/vim-colors-solarized/colors/solarized.vim
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 "           (see this url for latest release & screenshots)
 " License:  OSI approved MIT license (see end of this file)
 " Created:  In the middle of the night
-" Modified: 2011 Apr 07
+" Modified: 2011 Apr 09
 "
 " Usage "{{{
 "
@@ -922,6 +922,25 @@ exe "hi! pandocMetadataKey"              .s:fg_blue   .s:bg_none   .s:fmt_none
 exe "hi! pandocMetadata"                 .s:fg_blue   .s:bg_none   .s:fmt_bold
 hi! link pandocMetadataTitle             pandocMetadata
 
+"}}}
+" Utility autocommand "{{{
+" ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+" In cases where Solarized is initialized inside a terminal vim session and 
+" then transferred to a gui session via the command `:gui`, the gui vim process 
+" does not re-read the colorscheme (or .vimrc for that matter) so any `has_gui` 
+" related code that sets gui specific values isn't executed.
+"
+" Currently, Solarized sets only the cterm or gui values for the colorscheme 
+" depending on gui or terminal mode. It's possible that, if the following 
+" autocommand method is deemed excessively poor form, that approach will be 
+" used again and the autocommand below will be dropped.
+"
+" However it seems relatively benign in this case to include the autocommand 
+" here. It fires only in cases where vim is transferring from terminal to gui 
+" mode (detected with the script scope s:vmode variable). It also allows for 
+" other potential terminal customizations that might make gui mode suboptimal.
+"
+autocmd GUIEnter * if (s:vmode != "gui") | exe "colorscheme " . g:colors_name "| endif
 "}}}
 " License "{{{
 " ---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -946,4 +965,5 @@ hi! link pandocMetadataTitle             pandocMetadata
 " OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 " THE SOFTWARE.
 "
+" vim:foldmethod=marker:foldlevel=0
 "}}}