diff --git a/sample/gtk-html-sample.cs b/sample/gtk-html-sample.cs
index b594503c7..464ecfc9f 100644
--- a/sample/gtk-html-sample.cs
+++ b/sample/gtk-html-sample.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ class HTMLSample {
Application.Init ();
html = new HTML ();
win = new Window ("Test");
- win.Add (html);
+ ScrolledWindow sw = new ScrolledWindow ();
+ win.Add (sw);
+ sw.Add (html);
HTMLStream s = html.Begin ("text/html");
if (args.Length > 0) {