diff --git a/kcms/baloo/configwidget.ui b/kcms/baloo/configwidget.ui
--- a/kcms/baloo/configwidget.ui
+++ b/kcms/baloo/configwidget.ui
@@ -47,33 +47,48 @@
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="m_excludeFolders_GB">
-     <property name="title">
-      <string>Do not search in these locations</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="flat">
-      <bool>false</bool>
-     </property>
-     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
-      <item>
-       <widget class="FolderSelectionWidget" name="m_excludeFolders_FSW" native="true"/>
-      </item>
-     </layout>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item>
-    <spacer name="bottomSpacer">
+    <spacer name="middleSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
      </property>
+     <property name="sizeType">
+      <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
+     </property>
      <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
       <size>
        <width>1</width>
-       <height>66</height>
+       <height>20</height>
       </size>
      </property>
     </spacer>
    </item>
+   <item>
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3" stretch="5">
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="m_excludeLabel">
+       <property name="sizePolicy">
+        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
+         <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+         <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+        </sizepolicy>
+       </property>
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>Do not search in these locations:</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="wordWrap">
+        <bool>true</bool>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+    </layout>
+   </item>
+   <item>
+   <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+    <item>
+     <widget class="FolderSelectionWidget" name="m_excludeFolders_FSW" native="true"/>
+    </item>
+    </layout>
+   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
diff --git a/kcms/baloo/folderselectionwidget.cpp b/kcms/baloo/folderselectionwidget.cpp
--- a/kcms/baloo/folderselectionwidget.cpp
+++ b/kcms/baloo/folderselectionwidget.cpp
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@
     layout->addWidget(m_listWidget);
 
     QHBoxLayout* hLayout = new QHBoxLayout;
-    QSpacerItem* spacer = new QSpacerItem(0, 0, QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Minimum);
-    hLayout->addItem(spacer);
 
     m_addButton = new QPushButton(this);
     m_addButton->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("list-add")));
@@ -66,6 +64,10 @@
 
     hLayout->addWidget(m_addButton);
     hLayout->addWidget(m_removeButton);
+    
+    QSpacerItem* spacer = new QSpacerItem(0, 0, QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Minimum);
+    hLayout->addItem(spacer);
+    
     layout->addItem(hLayout);
 }