diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9a324a26fb..df1d16708c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-10-14  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/widgets/gimpdialogfactory.c (gimp_dialog_factory_add_dialog):
+	let new docks appear at the pointer position.
+
 2008-10-14  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/core/gimpdrawable.[ch]: add a default implementation of
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpdialogfactory.c b/app/widgets/gimpdialogfactory.c
index 180dd72ef0..94d3767319 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpdialogfactory.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpdialogfactory.c
@@ -895,6 +895,9 @@ gimp_dialog_factory_add_dialog (GimpDialogFactory *factory,
                     "creating session info %p (widget %p) for dock",
                     info, info->widget);
 
+          /*  let new docks appear at the pointer position  */
+          gtk_window_set_position (GTK_WINDOW (dialog), GTK_WIN_POS_MOUSE);
+
           /*  if we create a new session info, we never call
            *  gimp_session_info_set_geometry(), but still the
            *  dialog needs GDK_HINT_USER_POS so it keeps its