diff --git a/src/gtk/dataview.cpp b/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
index c1a3c82123..f44b045bd6 100644
--- a/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
@@ -2653,7 +2653,7 @@ void wxDataViewColumn::SetWidth( int width )
         gtk_tree_view_column_set_sizing( GTK_TREE_VIEW_COLUMN(m_column), GTK_TREE_VIEW_COLUMN_FIXED );
 
         // TODO find a better calculation
-        gtk_tree_view_column_set_fixed_width( GTK_TREE_VIEW_COLUMN(m_column), 80 );
+        gtk_tree_view_column_set_fixed_width( GTK_TREE_VIEW_COLUMN(m_column), wxDVC_DEFAULT_WIDTH );
 #else
         // this is unpractical for large numbers of items and disables
         // user resizing, which is totally unexpected