diff --git a/data/gui/widget/scroll_label_default.cfg b/data/gui/widget/scroll_label_default.cfg
index 264097997f26..625e7a646292 100644
--- a/data/gui/widget/scroll_label_default.cfg
+++ b/data/gui/widget/scroll_label_default.cfg
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 						[row]
 
 							[column]
+								border = "right,bottom" # between the text and the scrollbars
+								border_size = 3 # intentionally smaller than normal
 								horizontal_grow = "true"
 								vertical_grow = "true"