diff --git a/eek/eek-keyboard.h b/eek/eek-keyboard.h
index abc6e654..2d8c8515 100644
--- a/eek/eek-keyboard.h
+++ b/eek/eek-keyboard.h
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ struct _EekKeyboardClass
 GType        eek_keyboard_get_type            (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 
 EekKeyboard *eek_keyboard_new                 (EekLayout   *layout,
-                                               gint         initial_width,
-                                               gint         initial_height);
+                                               gdouble      initial_width,
+                                               gdouble      initial_height);
 EekLayout   *eek_keyboard_get_layout          (EekKeyboard *keyboard);
 void         eek_keyboard_get_size            (EekKeyboard *keyboard,
                                                gdouble     *width,
diff --git a/eek/eek-layout.c b/eek/eek-layout.c
index ac0f391d..ec4b5d4a 100644
--- a/eek/eek-layout.c
+++ b/eek/eek-layout.c
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ eek_layout_init (EekLayout *self)
  */
 EekKeyboard *
 eek_keyboard_new (EekLayout *layout,
-                  gint       initial_width,
-                  gint       initial_height)
+                  gdouble    initial_width,
+                  gdouble    initial_height)
 {
     g_assert (EEK_IS_LAYOUT(layout));
     g_assert (EEK_LAYOUT_GET_CLASS(layout)->create_keyboard);