diff --git a/src/qt/qt_vmmanager_preferences.ui b/src/qt/qt_vmmanager_preferences.ui
index c501f0e55..ab96109e6 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_vmmanager_preferences.ui
+++ b/src/qt/qt_vmmanager_preferences.ui
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
    <string>Preferences</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+   <property name="sizeConstraint">
+     <enum>QLayout::SizeConstraint::SetFixedSize</enum>
+   </property>
    <item>
     <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
      <property name="text">