diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index bce857cd4..5a955910c 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2002-08-24  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* dlg.c (x_set_dialog_title): Force uniform spacing.
+	From Andrew Borodin <borodin@zarya-k.ru>
+
 	* utilunix.c (check_error_pipe): Check error_pipe[0], not
 	stdout.  From Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov@gmx.net>
 
diff --git a/src/dlg.c b/src/dlg.c
index e35b59d2a..9bf45f4f5 100644
--- a/src/dlg.c
+++ b/src/dlg.c
@@ -974,8 +974,10 @@ int dlg_select_nth_widget (Dlg_head *h, int n)
 }
 
 void
-x_set_dialog_title (Dlg_head *h, const char *title)
+x_set_dialog_title (Dlg_head * h, const char *title)
 {
-  h->title = g_strdup (title);
+    char *t = g_strstrip (g_strdup (title));
+    h->title = g_strconcat (" ", t, " ", NULL);
+    g_free (t);
 }