diff --git a/plugins/feature/freqdisplay/freqdisplaygui.h b/plugins/feature/freqdisplay/freqdisplaygui.h
index abe957ad8..b81adc6b5 100644
--- a/plugins/feature/freqdisplay/freqdisplaygui.h
+++ b/plugins/feature/freqdisplay/freqdisplaygui.h
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ class FeatureUISet;
 class FreqDisplay;
 class Feature;
 
+/// QLabel subclass that always reports a small minimum size hint so that the
+/// FreqDisplayGUI window can be resized freely without the label preventing
+/// the window from being made small.
+class FrequencyLabel : public QLabel
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    explicit FrequencyLabel(QWidget *parent = nullptr) : QLabel(parent) {}
+    QSize minimumSizeHint() const override { return QSize(50, 10); }
+};
+
 namespace Ui {
 class FreqDisplayGUI;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/feature/freqdisplay/freqdisplaygui.ui b/plugins/feature/freqdisplay/freqdisplaygui.ui
index f75517a58..7d9fc7cef 100644
--- a/plugins/feature/freqdisplay/freqdisplaygui.ui
+++ b/plugins/feature/freqdisplay/freqdisplaygui.ui
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ When in transparent mode:
     </item>
    </layout>
   </widget>
-  <widget class="QLabel" name="frequencyValue">
+  <widget class="FrequencyLabel" name="frequencyValue">
    <property name="geometry">
     <rect>
      <x>10</x>
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ When in transparent mode:
   </widget>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>FrequencyLabel</class>
+   <extends>QLabel</extends>
+   <header>freqdisplaygui.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
   <customwidget>
    <class>RollupContents</class>
    <extends>QWidget</extends>