diff --git a/kcollectd/gui.cc b/kcollectd/gui.cc
index df3e442..8c6f61f 100644
--- a/kcollectd/gui.cc
+++ b/kcollectd/gui.cc
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <QWhatsThis>
 #include <QWidget>
 #include <QXmlStreamWriter>
+#include <QSplitter>
 
 #include <KHelpMenu>
 #include <KIconLoader>
@@ -283,7 +284,11 @@ KCollectdGui::KCollectdGui(QWidget *parent)
   QWidget *main_widget = new QWidget(this);
   setCentralWidget(main_widget);
 
-  QHBoxLayout *hbox = new QHBoxLayout(main_widget);
+  QHBoxLayout *main_layout = new QHBoxLayout;
+
+  main_widget->setLayout(main_layout);
+
+  QSplitter *hbox = new QSplitter(Qt::Horizontal);
   listview_ = new QTreeWidget;
   listview_->setColumnCount(1);
   listview_->setHeaderLabels(QStringList(i18n("Sensordata")));
@@ -292,7 +297,12 @@ KCollectdGui::KCollectdGui(QWidget *parent)
   hbox->addWidget(listview_);
 
   vbox = new QVBoxLayout;
-  hbox->addLayout(vbox);
+  {
+    QWidget *fck = new QWidget;
+    fck->setLayout(vbox);
+    hbox->addWidget(fck);
+    main_layout->addWidget(hbox);
+  }
   graph = new Graph;
   vbox->addWidget(graph);