diff --git a/src/common/datavcmn.cpp b/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
index a74d7ae71d..196a0ea5d9 100644
--- a/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
@@ -1172,8 +1172,21 @@ wxDataViewSpinRenderer::wxDataViewSpinRenderer( int min, int max, wxDataViewCell
 wxControl* wxDataViewSpinRenderer::CreateEditorCtrl( wxWindow *parent, wxRect labelRect, const wxVariant &value )
 {
     long l = value;
-    return new wxSpinCtrl( parent, wxID_ANY, wxEmptyString,
-               labelRect.GetTopLeft(), labelRect.GetSize(), wxSP_ARROW_KEYS, m_min, m_max, l );
+    wxSize size = labelRect.GetSize();
+#ifdef __WXMAC__
+    size = wxSize( wxMax(70,labelRect.width ), -1 );
+#endif
+    wxString str;
+    str.Printf( wxT("%d\n"), (int) l );
+    wxSpinCtrl *sc = new wxSpinCtrl( parent, wxID_ANY, str,
+               labelRect.GetTopLeft(), size, wxSP_ARROW_KEYS, m_min, m_max, l );
+#ifdef __WXMAC__
+    size = sc->GetSize();
+    wxPoint pt = sc->GetPosition();
+    sc->SetSize( pt.x - 4, pt.y - 4, size.x, size.y );
+#endif
+    
+    return sc;
 }
 
 bool wxDataViewSpinRenderer::GetValueFromEditorCtrl( wxControl* editor, wxVariant &value )