diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/settingsdialog.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/settingsdialog.cpp
index e0c01749743..3c8599f55a7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/settingsdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/settingsdialog.cpp
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ SettingsDialog::SettingsDialog(QWidget *parent) :
 
     // The order of the slot connection matters here, the filter slot
     // opens the matching page after the model has filtered.
+    connect(m_filterLineEdit, SIGNAL(filterChanged(QString)),
+            this, SLOT(ensureAllCategoryWidgets()));
     connect(m_filterLineEdit, SIGNAL(filterChanged(QString)),
                 m_proxyModel, SLOT(setFilterFixedString(QString)));
     connect(m_filterLineEdit, SIGNAL(filterChanged(QString)), this, SLOT(filter(QString)));
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/settingsdialog.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/settingsdialog.h
index 3d82aae6e19..fc698a1726b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/settingsdialog.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/settingsdialog.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ private slots:
     void currentChanged(const QModelIndex &current);
     void currentTabChanged(int);
     void filter(const QString &text);
+    void ensureAllCategoryWidgets();
 
 private:
     SettingsDialog(QWidget *parent);
@@ -98,7 +99,6 @@ private:
     void showPage(const QString &categoryId, const QString &pageId);
     void updateEnabledTabs(Category *category, const QString &searchText);
     void ensureCategoryWidget(Category *category);
-    void ensureAllCategoryWidgets();
     void disconnectTabWidgets();
 
     const QList<Core::IOptionsPage*> m_pages;