diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 799d8e1147..11086cc6f1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-09-27  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/widgets/gimpthumbbox.c (gimp_thumb_box_new): added some
+	padding for the shadow frame to avoid scaling the thumbnail.
+
 2004-09-27  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* themes/Default/images/Makefile.am
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpthumbbox.c b/app/widgets/gimpthumbbox.c
index 14e0be6f1c..762ceb4be8 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpthumbbox.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpthumbbox.c
@@ -344,7 +344,9 @@ gimp_thumb_box_new (Gimp *gimp)
                     box);
 
   box->preview = gimp_view_new (GIMP_VIEWABLE (box->imagefile),
-                                gimp->config->thumbnail_size, 0, FALSE);
+                                /* add some padding here for the shadow frame */
+                                gimp->config->thumbnail_size + 16,
+                                0, FALSE);
   gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (hbox), box->preview, TRUE, FALSE, 10);
   gtk_widget_show (box->preview);