diff --git a/cui/source/dialogs/about.cxx b/cui/source/dialogs/about.cxx
index 0703f65566f2..dd39869da648 100644
--- a/cui/source/dialogs/about.cxx
+++ b/cui/source/dialogs/about.cxx
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ AboutDialog::AboutDialog( Window* pParent, const ResId& rId) :
     aCreditsButton       ( this,     ResId( ABOUT_BTN_CREDITS, *rId.GetResMgr() ) ),
     aWebsiteButton       ( this,     ResId( ABOUT_BTN_WEBSITE, *rId.GetResMgr() ) ),
     aLicenseButton       ( this,     ResId( ABOUT_BTN_LICENSE, *rId.GetResMgr() ) ),
+    aCancelButton        ( this,     ResId( ABOUT_BTN_CANCEL, *rId.GetResMgr() ) ),
     aVersionTextStr(ResId(ABOUT_STR_VERSION, *rId.GetResMgr())),
     m_aVendorTextStr(ResId(ABOUT_STR_VENDOR, *rId.GetResMgr())),
     m_aCopyrightTextStr(ResId(ABOUT_STR_COPYRIGHT, *rId.GetResMgr())),
@@ -110,6 +111,9 @@ AboutDialog::AboutDialog( Window* pParent, const ResId& rId) :
     aWebsiteButton.SetClickHdl( LINK( this, AboutDialog, HandleClick ) );
     aLicenseButton.SetClickHdl( LINK( this, AboutDialog, HandleClick ) );
 
+    aCancelButton.SetClickHdl( LINK( this, AboutDialog, CancelHdl ) );
+    aCancelButton.Hide();
+
     FreeResource();
 
     // explicit Help-Id
diff --git a/cui/source/dialogs/about.hrc b/cui/source/dialogs/about.hrc
index 2841155ee925..e2c8a64f36c0 100644
--- a/cui/source/dialogs/about.hrc
+++ b/cui/source/dialogs/about.hrc
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@
 #define ABOUT_BTN_LICENSE           16
 #define ABOUT_VERSION_TEXT          17
 #define ABOUT_STR_DESCRIPTION       18
+#define ABOUT_BTN_CANCEL            19
diff --git a/cui/source/dialogs/about.src b/cui/source/dialogs/about.src
index a96250323213..1e384968bdf0 100644
--- a/cui/source/dialogs/about.src
+++ b/cui/source/dialogs/about.src
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ ModalDialog RID_DEFAULTABOUT
         Text [ en-US ] = "libreoffice.org";
         DefButton = TRUE ;
     };
+    CancelButton ABOUT_BTN_CANCEL
+    {
+        DefButton = TRUE ;
+        Pos = MAP_APPFONT ( 174 , 6 ) ;
+        Size = MAP_APPFONT ( 50 , 14 ) ;
+        Text [ en-US ] = "~Close";
+    };
     FixedImage ABOUT_IMAGE_LOGO
     {
     };
diff --git a/cui/source/inc/about.hxx b/cui/source/inc/about.hxx
index c94dea1a5f89..2a81c3757722 100644
--- a/cui/source/inc/about.hxx
+++ b/cui/source/inc/about.hxx
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ private:
     PushButton          aCreditsButton;
     PushButton          aWebsiteButton;
     PushButton          aLicenseButton;
+    CancelButton        aCancelButton;
 
     String aVersionData;
     String aVersionTextStr;
diff --git a/unusedcode.easy b/unusedcode.easy
index 946e677eb428..b0166940c8c5 100755
--- a/unusedcode.easy
+++ b/unusedcode.easy
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-AboutDialog::LinkStubCancelHdl(void*, void*)
 CertificateExtension_XmlSecImpl::setCertExtn(com::sun::star::uno::Sequence<signed char>, com::sun::star::uno::Sequence<signed char>, unsigned char)
 CharAttribList::Clear()
 Dialog::Dialog(Window*, ResId const&)