diff --git a/src/xmlctrl.cpp b/src/xmlctrl.cpp
index 439d25d..276ec47 100644
--- a/src/xmlctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/xmlctrl.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ XmlCtrl::XmlCtrl (
 		bufferLen = strlen ( DEFAULT_XML_DECLARATION_UTF8 );
 	}
 
+#if wxCHECK_VERSION(2,9,0)
+	if ( type != FILE_TYPE_BINARY )
+		SetScrollWidthTracking ( true );
+#endif
+
 #if wxCHECK_VERSION(2,9,0)
 	AddTextRaw ( buffer, bufferLen );
 #else