diff --git a/scribus/ui/prefs_displaybase.ui b/scribus/ui/prefs_displaybase.ui
index 6c8a6108e370255998070f1da07654d663fa9f10..806353475c197ff8058d7b621af94e63b79e6369 100644
--- a/scribus/ui/prefs_displaybase.ui
+++ b/scribus/ui/prefs_displaybase.ui
@@ -373,6 +373,9 @@
            </rect>
           </property>
           <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout_2">
+           <property name="fieldGrowthPolicy">
+            <enum>QFormLayout::FieldsStayAtSizeHint</enum>
+           </property>
            <item row="0" column="0">
             <widget class="QLabel" name="label_15">
              <property name="text">
