diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e1f2767b..7d0d9eae 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2019-04-27  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
+	* Add the reserve() method to FListBox to increase the capacity of the list
+
 2019-03-24  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* Add a "scroll view" chapter to the first steps document
 
diff --git a/examples/ui.cpp b/examples/ui.cpp
index 8178c539..44c5572d 100644
--- a/examples/ui.cpp
+++ b/examples/ui.cpp
@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ void MyDialog::initWidgets()
   myList.setText ("Items");
   myList.setStatusbarMessage ("99 items in a list");
   myList.setMultiSelection();
+  myList.reserve(100);
 
   for (int z = 1; z < 100; z++)
     myList.insert (finalcut::FString() << z << L" placeholder");
diff --git a/src/include/final/flistbox.h b/src/include/final/flistbox.h
index b3a6dbd9..bd3c57ff 100644
--- a/src/include/final/flistbox.h
+++ b/src/include/final/flistbox.h
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ class FListBox : public FWidget
                                , bool = false
                                , FDataPtr = nullptr );
     void                remove (std::size_t);
+    void                reserve (std::size_t);
     void                clear();
 
     // Event handlers
@@ -471,6 +472,10 @@ inline bool FListBox::hasBrackets(std::size_t index)
 inline bool FListBox::hasBrackets(listBoxItems::iterator iter) const
 { return bool(iter->brackets > 0); }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+inline void FListBox::reserve (std::size_t new_cap)
+{ itemlist.reserve(new_cap); }
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 template <typename Iterator, typename InsertConverter>
 inline void FListBox::insert ( Iterator first