diff --git a/scribus/ui/layers.cpp b/scribus/ui/layers.cpp
index 409c556bdb9e02e991ceeb1aa5a9d2b9028c1498..e73f3ab38408918de7f54260dfa6efed32d6ec7a 100644
--- a/scribus/ui/layers.cpp
+++ b/scribus/ui/layers.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ LayerPalette::LayerPalette(QWidget* parent) : ScDockPalette(parent, "Layers", Qt
 	header->setSectionsMovable( false );
 	header->setSectionResizeMode(QHeaderView::Fixed);
 	header->setHighlightSections(false);
+	header->setMaximumSectionSize(24);
 
 	Table->setColumnWidth(0, 24);
 	Table->setColumnWidth(1, 24);
