diff --git a/gnucash/gtkbuilder/dialog-custom-report.glade b/gnucash/gtkbuilder/dialog-custom-report.glade
index c7b0411f5b..c5877f128d 100644
--- a/gnucash/gtkbuilder/dialog-custom-report.glade
+++ b/gnucash/gtkbuilder/dialog-custom-report.glade
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- Generated with glade 3.20.0 -->
+<!-- Generated with glade 3.20.4 -->
 <interface>
   <requires lib="gtk+" version="3.10"/>
   <object class="GtkDialog" id="custom_report_dialog">
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
           </packing>
         </child>
         <child>
-          <object class="GtkScrolledWindow" id="scrolledwindow1">
+          <object class="GtkScrolledWindow" id="custom_report_sw">
             <property name="width_request">300</property>
             <property name="height_request">150</property>
             <property name="visible">True</property>
@@ -124,5 +124,8 @@ the Reports menu or tool bar.</property>
     <action-widgets>
       <action-widget response="0">close_report_button</action-widget>
     </action-widgets>
+    <child>
+      <placeholder/>
+    </child>
   </object>
 </interface>
diff --git a/gnucash/report/report-gnome/dialog-custom-report.c b/gnucash/report/report-gnome/dialog-custom-report.c
index d2019821fd..be1814936e 100644
--- a/gnucash/report/report-gnome/dialog-custom-report.c
+++ b/gnucash/report/report-gnome/dialog-custom-report.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ typedef struct _CustomReportDialog
     GtkTreeViewColumn *runcol;
     GtkTreeViewColumn *editcol;
     GtkTreeViewColumn *delcol;
+    GtkTreeViewColumn *dummycol;
 
     /* data */
     SCM reportlist;
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ set_reports_view_and_model(CustomReportDialog *crd)
 {
     GtkCellRenderer *renderer;
     GtkTreeModel *model;
+    gint number_of_columns;
 
     crd->namerenderer = gtk_cell_renderer_text_new();
     g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (crd->namerenderer), "edited",
@@ -227,6 +229,14 @@ set_reports_view_and_model(CustomReportDialog *crd)
              NULL);
     crd->delcol = gtk_tree_view_get_column (GTK_TREE_VIEW (crd->reportview), VIEW_COL_DELETE);
 
+    // this is a dummy column which will be set the same width of the vertical scrollbar
+    renderer = gtk_cell_renderer_text_new();
+    number_of_columns = gtk_tree_view_insert_column_with_attributes (GTK_TREE_VIEW (crd->reportview), -1,
+             "", renderer,
+             NULL);
+
+    crd->dummycol = gtk_tree_view_get_column (GTK_TREE_VIEW (crd->reportview), number_of_columns -1);
+
     model = create_and_fill_report_list(crd);
 
     gtk_tree_view_set_model (GTK_TREE_VIEW (crd->reportview), model);
@@ -495,6 +505,9 @@ gnc_ui_custom_report_internal(GncMainWindow * window)
     GtkTreeIter iter;
     GtkTreeModel *model;
     GtkWidget *no_report_notification;
+    GtkWidget *scroll_window;
+    GtkWidget *vscroll;
+    GtkRequisition nat_sb;
 
     crd = g_new0(CustomReportDialog, 1);
 
@@ -503,10 +516,18 @@ gnc_ui_custom_report_internal(GncMainWindow * window)
 
     crd->dialog = GTK_WIDGET(gtk_builder_get_object (builder, "custom_report_dialog"));
     crd->reportview = GTK_WIDGET(gtk_builder_get_object (builder, "custom_report_list_view"));
+    scroll_window = GTK_WIDGET(gtk_builder_get_object (builder, "custom_report_sw"));
     no_report_notification = GTK_WIDGET(gtk_builder_get_object (builder, "label2"));
     set_reports_view_and_model(crd);
     crd->window = window;
 
+    // get the vertical scroll bar width
+    vscroll = gtk_scrolled_window_get_vscrollbar (GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW (scroll_window));
+    gtk_widget_get_preferred_size (vscroll, NULL, &nat_sb);
+
+    // set the width of the dummy column to that of the scrollbar
+    gtk_tree_view_column_set_fixed_width (crd->dummycol, nat_sb.width);
+
     gtk_window_set_transient_for (GTK_WINDOW (crd->dialog), GTK_WINDOW(window));
 
     // Set the style context for this dialog so it can be easily manipulated with css