diff --git a/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/main_window/preferences_dialog.cpp b/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/main_window/preferences_dialog.cpp
index 7adaa3985..77ea61d86 100644
--- a/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/main_window/preferences_dialog.cpp
+++ b/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/main_window/preferences_dialog.cpp
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ PreferencesDialog::setupPlaylistScanningPolicy() {
 
   ui->cbMScanPlaylistsPolicy->setCurrentIndex(selected);
   ui->sbMMinPlaylistDuration->setValue(m_cfg.m_minimumPlaylistDuration);
+
+  Util::fixComboBoxViewWidth(*ui->cbMScanPlaylistsPolicy);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/widget.cpp b/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/widget.cpp
index 03deefe6f..3603fd38e 100644
--- a/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/widget.cpp
+++ b/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/widget.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "common/common_pch.h"
 
+#include <QAbstractItemView>
 #include <QCheckBox>
 #include <QComboBox>
 #include <QIcon>
@@ -152,4 +153,10 @@ preventScrollingWithoutFocus(QObject *parent) {
     install(child);
 }
 
+void
+fixComboBoxViewWidth(QComboBox &comboBox) {
+  comboBox.setSizeAdjustPolicy(QComboBox::AdjustToContents);
+  comboBox.view()->setMinimumWidth(comboBox.sizeHint().width());
+}
+
 }}}
diff --git a/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/widget.h b/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/widget.h
index 867a64db9..85c73ccb4 100644
--- a/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/widget.h
+++ b/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/widget.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ QIcon loadIcon(QString const &name, QList<int> const &sizes);
 bool setComboBoxIndexIf(QComboBox *comboBox, std::function<bool(QString const &, QVariant const &)> test);
 bool setComboBoxTextByData(QComboBox *comboBox, QString const &data);
 void setComboBoxTexts(QComboBox *comboBox, QStringList const &texts);
+void fixComboBoxViewWidth(QComboBox &comboBox);
 
 void enableWidgets(QList<QWidget *> const &widgets, bool enable);
 QPushButton *buttonForRole(QDialogButtonBox *box, QDialogButtonBox::ButtonRole role = QDialogButtonBox::AcceptRole);