diff --git a/src/gtk/dataview.cpp b/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
index d533950b94..dc765cbc73 100644
--- a/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
@@ -2730,6 +2730,7 @@ wxDataViewChoiceByIndexRenderer::wxDataViewChoiceByIndexRenderer( const wxArrayS
                               wxDataViewCellMode mode, int alignment ) :
       wxDataViewChoiceRenderer( choices, mode, alignment )
 {
+    m_variantType = wxS("long");
 }
 
 void wxDataViewChoiceByIndexRenderer::GtkOnTextEdited(const char *itempath, const wxString& str)