diff --git a/themes/Default/common.css b/themes/Default/common.css
index f9b9da98dc..b07af2ca46 100644
--- a/themes/Default/common.css
+++ b/themes/Default/common.css
@@ -674,7 +674,6 @@ border {
 dialog notebook.frame {
   border: 1px solid @border-color;
 }
-
 GimpColorNotebook notebook.frame {
   border-width: 0px;
 }
@@ -794,6 +793,11 @@ actionbar revealer box {
   border-top-color: @strong-border-color;
 }
 
+statusbar progressbar trough,
+statusbar progressbar progress {
+  min-height: 10px;
+}
+
 /* Sidebar in File > Open */
 
 /* The background to either side of the directory buttons.