diff --git a/dbaccess/source/ui/querydesign/querydlg.cxx b/dbaccess/source/ui/querydesign/querydlg.cxx
index b655a9b72ae4..23db605d8501 100644
--- a/dbaccess/source/ui/querydesign/querydlg.cxx
+++ b/dbaccess/source/ui/querydesign/querydlg.cxx
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ DlgQryJoin::DlgQryJoin( OQueryTableView * pParent,
     , m_xConnection(_xConnection)
 {
     get(m_pML_HelpText, "helptext");
+    Size aSize(LogicToPixel(Size(179, 49), MAP_APPFONT));
+    //alternatively loop through the STR_QUERY_* strings with their STR_JOIN_TYPE_HINT
+    //suffix to find the longest entry at runtime
+    m_pML_HelpText->set_height_request(aSize.Height());
+    m_pML_HelpText->set_width_request(aSize.Width());
     get(m_pLB_JoinType, "type");
     get(m_pCBNatural, "natural");
     get(m_pPB_OK, "ok");
diff --git a/dbaccess/uiconfig/ui/joindialog.ui b/dbaccess/uiconfig/ui/joindialog.ui
index 0c4add3ccf95..a7375e4355a5 100644
--- a/dbaccess/uiconfig/ui/joindialog.ui
+++ b/dbaccess/uiconfig/ui/joindialog.ui
@@ -3,6 +3,36 @@
 <interface>
   <requires lib="gtk+" version="3.0"/>
   <!-- interface-requires LibreOffice 1.0 -->
+  <object class="GtkListStore" id="liststore1">
+    <columns>
+      <!-- column-name gchararray1 -->
+      <column type="gchararray"/>
+      <!-- column-name gint1 -->
+      <column type="gint"/>
+    </columns>
+    <data>
+      <row>
+        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Inner join</col>
+        <col id="1">1</col>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Left join</col>
+        <col id="1">2</col>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Right join</col>
+        <col id="1">3</col>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Full (outer) join</col>
+        <col id="1">4</col>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Cross join</col>
+        <col id="1">5</col>
+      </row>
+    </data>
+  </object>
   <object class="GtkDialog" id="JoinDialog">
     <property name="can_focus">False</property>
     <property name="border_width">6</property>
@@ -167,6 +197,7 @@
                             <property name="visible">True</property>
                             <property name="can_focus">False</property>
                             <property name="xalign">0</property>
+                            <property name="yalign">0</property>
                             <property name="wrap">True</property>
                             <property name="max_width_chars">48</property>
                           </object>
@@ -333,34 +364,4 @@
       <widget name="type"/>
     </widgets>
   </object>
-  <object class="GtkListStore" id="liststore1">
-    <columns>
-      <!-- column-name gchararray1 -->
-      <column type="gchararray"/>
-      <!-- column-name gint1 -->
-      <column type="gint"/>
-    </columns>
-    <data>
-      <row>
-        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Inner join</col>
-        <col id="1">1</col>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Left join</col>
-        <col id="1">2</col>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Right join</col>
-        <col id="1">3</col>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Full (outer) join</col>
-        <col id="1">4</col>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Cross join</col>
-        <col id="1">5</col>
-      </row>
-    </data>
-  </object>
 </interface>