diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiProgressView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiProgressView.cpp
index 3694ad12ab..3d4133ca8e 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiProgressView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiProgressView.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ GuiProgressView::GuiProgressView(GuiView & parent, Qt::DockWidgetArea area,
 	: DockView(parent, "progress", qt_("Progress/Debug Messages"), area, flags)
 {
 	widget_ = new ProgressViewWidget();
+	widget_->setMinimumHeight(150);
 	widget_->adjustSize();
 	setWidget(widget_);