diff --git a/panels/background/background.ui b/panels/background/background.ui
index c3ffc1383..a1ccfbf8b 100644
--- a/panels/background/background.ui
+++ b/panels/background/background.ui
@@ -191,6 +191,16 @@
                     <property name="position">1</property>
                   </packing>
                 </child>
+                <child>
+                  <object class="GtkLabel" id="strut">
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
+                    <property name="label" translatable="no"> </property>
+                  </object>
+                  <packing>
+                    <property name="expand">False</property>
+                    <property name="position">1</property>
+                  </packing>
+                </child>
               </object>
               <packing>
                 <property name="position">0</property>
@@ -271,6 +281,7 @@
       <widget name="sources-combobox"/>
       <widget name="heading-hbox"/>
       <widget name="slide-label"/>
+      <widget name="strut"/>
     </widgets>
   </object>
   <object class="GtkListStore" id="style-liststore">