diff --git a/headers/os/interface/GroupView.h b/headers/os/interface/GroupView.h
index a31e6f185c..f4abfeb167 100644
--- a/headers/os/interface/GroupView.h
+++ b/headers/os/interface/GroupView.h
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ public:
 								BGroupView(const char* name,
 									enum orientation orientation = B_HORIZONTAL,
 									float spacing = 0.0f);
+								BGroupView(BMessage* from);
 	virtual						~BGroupView();
 
 	virtual	void				SetLayout(BLayout* layout);
-
 			BGroupLayout*		GroupLayout() const;
+
+	static	BArchivable*		Instantiate(BMessage* from);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/kits/interface/GroupView.cpp b/src/kits/interface/GroupView.cpp
index 8a7d9abcf9..b9e6912419 100644
--- a/src/kits/interface/GroupView.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/interface/GroupView.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright 2010, Haiku, Inc.
  * Copyright 2006, Ingo Weinhold <bonefish@cs.tu-berlin.de>.
  * All rights reserved. Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  */
@@ -8,7 +9,8 @@
 
 
 BGroupView::BGroupView(enum orientation orientation, float spacing)
-	: BView(NULL, 0, new BGroupLayout(orientation, spacing))
+	:
+	BView(NULL, 0, new BGroupLayout(orientation, spacing))
 {
 	SetViewColor(ui_color(B_PANEL_BACKGROUND_COLOR));
 }
@@ -16,12 +18,20 @@ BGroupView::BGroupView(enum orientation orientation, float spacing)
 
 BGroupView::BGroupView(const char* name, enum orientation orientation,
 	float spacing)
-	: BView(name, 0, new BGroupLayout(orientation, spacing))
+	:
+	BView(name, 0, new BGroupLayout(orientation, spacing))
 {
 	SetViewColor(ui_color(B_PANEL_BACKGROUND_COLOR));
 }
 
 
+BGroupView::BGroupView(BMessage* from)
+	:
+	BView(from)
+{
+}
+
+
 BGroupView::~BGroupView()
 {
 }
@@ -38,6 +48,15 @@ BGroupView::SetLayout(BLayout* layout)
 }
 
 
+BArchivable*
+BGroupView::Instantiate(BMessage* from)
+{
+	if (validate_instantiation(from, "BGroupView"))
+		return new BGroupView(from);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+
 BGroupLayout*
 BGroupView::GroupLayout() const
 {