diff --git a/gui/simple-greeter/gdm-chooser-widget.c b/gui/simple-greeter/gdm-chooser-widget.c
index ee5eeb0..9206fcc 100644
--- a/gui/simple-greeter/gdm-chooser-widget.c
+++ b/gui/simple-greeter/gdm-chooser-widget.c
@@ -1770,6 +1770,17 @@ search_equal_func (GtkTreeModel     *model,
 }
 
 static void
+search_position_func (GtkTreeView *tree_view,
+                      GtkWidget   *search_dialog,
+                      gpointer     user_data)
+{
+        /* Move it offscreen.
+         * FIXME: This is pretty inelegant.
+         */
+        gtk_window_move (GTK_WINDOW (search_dialog), -24000, -24000);
+}
+
+static void
 on_selection_changed (GtkTreeSelection *selection,
                       GdmChooserWidget *widget)
 {
@@ -1826,6 +1837,11 @@ gdm_chooser_widget_init (GdmChooserWidget *widget)
                                              widget,
                                              NULL);
 
+        gtk_tree_view_set_search_position_func (GTK_TREE_VIEW (widget->priv->items_view),
+                                                (GtkTreeViewSearchPositionFunc)search_position_func,
+                                                widget,
+                                                NULL);
+
         /* hack to make single-click activate work
          */
         g_signal_connect_after (widget->priv->items_view,