diff --git a/src/app/composer/qgscomposerlegendwidget.cpp b/src/app/composer/qgscomposerlegendwidget.cpp
index f9a6635e06d6..d3e9088cd2f2 100644
--- a/src/app/composer/qgscomposerlegendwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/app/composer/qgscomposerlegendwidget.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ QgsComposerLegendWidget::QgsComposerLegendWidget( QgsComposerLegend* legend ): m
   {
     legend->model()->setHorizontalHeaderLabels( QStringList() << tr( "Item" ) << tr( "Title style" ) );
     mItemTreeView->setModel( legend->model() );
+    connect( legend, SIGNAL( itemChanged() ), this, SLOT( setGuiElements() ) );
   }
 
   QgsComposerLegendWidgetStyleDelegate* styleDelegate = new QgsComposerLegendWidgetStyleDelegate();