diff --git a/src/frontends/gtk/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/gtk/ChangeLog
index 1946af1f8d..f78c66ee57 100644
--- a/src/frontends/gtk/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/gtk/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 	* GPreferences.[Ch], glade/preferences.glade: Start work on 
 	  preferences dialog ("Screen fonts" tab done).
+	* GtkLengthEntry.C: fix packing, oversized units box
 
 2006-01-28  John Spray  <spray@lyx.org>
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/gtk/GtkLengthEntry.C b/src/frontends/gtk/GtkLengthEntry.C
index e1a29a930d..0a26a3ef8f 100644
--- a/src/frontends/gtk/GtkLengthEntry.C
+++ b/src/frontends/gtk/GtkLengthEntry.C
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ GtkLengthEntry::GtkLengthEntry(
 
 	set_spacing(6);
 	pack_start (spin_, true, true, 0);
-	pack_start (combo_, true, true, 0);
+	pack_start (combo_, false, false, 0);
 	show_all();
 	spin_.signal_changed().connect(sigc::mem_fun(changedsignal_, &sigc::signal<void>::emit));
 	combo_.signal_changed().connect(sigc::mem_fun(changedsignal_, &sigc::signal<void>::emit));