diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui
index b19382a607..97bc467a63 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>FindAndReplaceUi</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="FindAndReplaceUi">
@@ -6,9 +7,15 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>288</width>
-    <height>366</height>
+    <height>395</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
+  <property name="sizePolicy">
+   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Ignored">
+    <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+    <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+   </sizepolicy>
+  </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>Find LyX Text</string>
   </property>
@@ -65,6 +72,12 @@
        </item>
        <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2">
         <widget class="lyx::frontend::EmbeddedWorkArea" name="find_work_area_">
+         <property name="sizePolicy">
+          <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="MinimumExpanding">
+           <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+          </sizepolicy>
+         </property>
          <property name="toolTip">
           <string>Enter the text to search for in this full-featured LyX editing area</string>
          </property>
@@ -131,6 +144,12 @@
        </item>
        <item row="5" column="0" colspan="2">
         <widget class="lyx::frontend::EmbeddedWorkArea" name="replace_work_area_">
+         <property name="sizePolicy">
+          <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="MinimumExpanding">
+           <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+          </sizepolicy>
+         </property>
          <property name="toolTip">
           <string>Enter the text to replace in this full-featured LyX editing area</string>
          </property>