diff --git a/plugins/gtkgui/roster_window.py b/plugins/gtkgui/roster_window.py
index ed73ae5e7..fe7c89f51 100644
--- a/plugins/gtkgui/roster_window.py
+++ b/plugins/gtkgui/roster_window.py
@@ -1305,6 +1305,7 @@ class Roster_window:
 		self.cb.pack_start(cell, False)
 		self.cb.add_attribute(cell, 'image', 1)
 		cell = gtk.CellRendererText()
+		cell.set_property('xpad', 8)
 		self.cb.pack_start(cell, True)
 		self.cb.add_attribute(cell, 'text', 0)
 		for status in ['online', 'away', 'xa', 'dnd', 'invisible', 'offline']: