diff --git a/gnome/ChangeLog b/gnome/ChangeLog
index 6f1779231..0223dcdcf 100644
--- a/gnome/ChangeLog
+++ b/gnome/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-09-06  Miguel de Icaza  <miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx>
+
+	* gtkdtree.c (gtk_dtree_size_allocate): Small change to improve
+	the non-tree loading feature of gmc.
+
 1999-09-05    <jrb@redhat.com>
 
 	* mc.keys.in.in: changed image/x-xcf to be image/x-gimp.  Also,
diff --git a/gnome/gtkdtree.c b/gnome/gtkdtree.c
index f3a6abd0b..a1d17c6bc 100644
--- a/gnome/gtkdtree.c
+++ b/gnome/gtkdtree.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ gtk_dtree_size_allocate (GtkWidget *widget, GtkAllocation *allocation)
 	char *request;
 
 	GTK_WIDGET_CLASS (parent_class)->size_allocate (widget, allocation);
-	if (allocation->width != 0 && allocation->height != 0)
+	if (allocation->width > 8 && allocation->height != 0)
 		dtree->visible = TRUE;
 	else
 		dtree->visible = FALSE;