diff --git a/components/widgets/box.cpp b/components/widgets/box.cpp
index 0ac2ff7fd..0ce8ce951 100644
--- a/components/widgets/box.cpp
+++ b/components/widgets/box.cpp
@@ -422,4 +422,10 @@ namespace Gui
         align();
     }
 
+    Spacer::Spacer()
+    {
+        setUserString("HStretch", "true");
+        setUserString("VStretch", "true");
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/components/widgets/box.hpp b/components/widgets/box.hpp
index ccdc5784b..70f73ce42 100644
--- a/components/widgets/box.hpp
+++ b/components/widgets/box.hpp
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ namespace Gui
         bool mAutoResize; // auto resize the box so that it exactly fits all elements
     };
 
+    class Spacer : public AutoSizedWidget, public MyGUI::Widget
+    {
+        MYGUI_RTTI_DERIVED( Spacer )
+    public:
+        Spacer();
+
+        virtual MyGUI::IntSize getRequestedSize() { return MyGUI::IntSize(0,0); }
+    };
+
     class HBox : public Box, public MyGUI::Widget
     {
         MYGUI_RTTI_DERIVED( HBox )
diff --git a/components/widgets/widgets.cpp b/components/widgets/widgets.cpp
index 3b6361cf8..92f2084df 100644
--- a/components/widgets/widgets.cpp
+++ b/components/widgets/widgets.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace Gui
     {
         MyGUI::FactoryManager::getInstance().registerFactory<Gui::MWList>("Widget");
         MyGUI::FactoryManager::getInstance().registerFactory<Gui::HBox>("Widget");
+        MyGUI::FactoryManager::getInstance().registerFactory<Gui::Spacer>("Widget");
         MyGUI::FactoryManager::getInstance().registerFactory<Gui::VBox>("Widget");
         MyGUI::FactoryManager::getInstance().registerFactory<Gui::AutoSizedTextBox>("Widget");
         MyGUI::FactoryManager::getInstance().registerFactory<Gui::AutoSizedEditBox>("Widget");
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_container_window.layout b/files/mygui/openmw_container_window.layout
index 87651b0f2..6bb585e50 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_container_window.layout
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_container_window.layout
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
         </Widget>
 
         <Widget type="HBox" position="0 235 580 24" align="Right Bottom">
-            <Widget type="Widget">
-                <UserString key="HStretch" value="true"/>
-            </Widget>
+            <Widget type="Spacer"/>
             <Widget type="AutoSizedButton" skin="MW_Button" name="DisposeCorpseButton" align="Right Bottom">
                 <Property key="Caption" value="#{sDisposeofCorpse}"/>
                 <Property key="Visible" value="false"/>