diff --git a/src/preferences/touchpad/TouchpadPrefView.cpp b/src/preferences/touchpad/TouchpadPrefView.cpp
index b6f9d2624e..713d92b1e6 100644
--- a/src/preferences/touchpad/TouchpadPrefView.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/touchpad/TouchpadPrefView.cpp
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ TouchpadPrefView::SetupView()
 	fScrollAccelSlider->SetHashMarkCount(7);
 	fScrollAccelSlider->SetLimitLabels(B_TRANSLATE("Slow"),
 		B_TRANSLATE("Fast"));
+	fScrollAccelSlider->SetExplicitMinSize(BSize(150, B_SIZE_UNSET));
 
 	fScrollStepXSlider = new BSlider("scroll_stepX",
 		B_TRANSLATE("Horizontal"),