diff --git a/src/msw/listctrl.cpp b/src/msw/listctrl.cpp
index 7c8369e5ed..8e2dc51f8d 100644
--- a/src/msw/listctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/listctrl.cpp
@@ -1611,10 +1611,16 @@ wxSize wxListCtrl::MSWGetBestViewRect(int x, int y) const
     if ( mswStyle & WS_VSCROLL )
         size.x += wxSystemSettings::GetMetric(wxSYS_VSCROLL_X, m_parent);
 
-    // OTOH we have to subtract the size of our borders because the base class
-    // public method already adds them, but ListView_ApproximateViewRect()
-    // already takes the borders into account, so this would be superfluous.
-    return size - GetWindowBorderSize();
+    // This is a dirty hack, but while the size returned by the control does
+    // fit its contents, it results in asymmetric horizontal margins around it,
+    // with 3px on one side and just 1px on the other one. Adding these 2px
+    // makes it looks nicely symmetrical, at least under Windows 7 and 10.
+    // Vertical margins are even more asymmetric, but they're too big and not
+    // too small and it might be a bad idea to allocate size smaller than what
+    // the control thinks it needs, so leave them be.
+    size.IncBy(2, 0);
+
+    return size;
 }
 
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