diff --git a/src/plugins/common.c b/src/plugins/common.c
index 752e030..288fe6b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/common.c
+++ b/src/plugins/common.c
@@ -223,8 +223,12 @@ static CommonTask * _common_task_new(BrowserPluginHelper * helper,
 	gtk_text_view_set_wrap_mode(GTK_TEXT_VIEW(task->view),
 			GTK_WRAP_WORD_CHAR);
 	gtk_widget_modify_font(task->view, font);
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3, 0, 0)
+	gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(widget), task->view);
+#else
 	gtk_scrolled_window_add_with_viewport(GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW(widget),
 			task->view);
+#endif
 	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox), widget, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
 	task->statusbar = gtk_statusbar_new();
 	task->statusbar_id = 0;
diff --git a/src/plugins/dirtree.c b/src/plugins/dirtree.c
index 7091c49..ef5ecb6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dirtree.c
+++ b/src/plugins/dirtree.c
@@ -153,8 +153,12 @@ static Dirtree * _dirtree_init(BrowserPluginHelper * helper)
 				_dirtree_on_row_activated), dirtree);
 	g_signal_connect(dirtree->view, "row-expanded", G_CALLBACK(
 				_dirtree_on_row_expanded), dirtree);
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3, 0, 0)
+	gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(dirtree->widget), dirtree->view);
+#else
 	gtk_scrolled_window_add_with_viewport(GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW(
 				dirtree->widget), dirtree->view);
+#endif
 	gtk_widget_show_all(dirtree->widget);
 	/* populate the root folder */
 	dirtree->source = g_idle_add(_dirtree_on_idle, dirtree);
diff --git a/src/plugins/favorites.c b/src/plugins/favorites.c
index 3bdb7d1..2592902 100644
--- a/src/plugins/favorites.c
+++ b/src/plugins/favorites.c
@@ -147,8 +147,12 @@ static Favorites * _favorites_init(BrowserPluginHelper * helper)
 	/* signals */
 	g_signal_connect(favorites->view, "row-activated", G_CALLBACK(
 				_favorites_on_row_activated), favorites);
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3, 0, 0)
+	gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(widget), favorites->view);
+#else
 	gtk_scrolled_window_add_with_viewport(GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW(widget),
 			favorites->view);
+#endif
 	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(favorites->widget), widget, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
 	/* lower toolbar */
 	widget = gtk_toolbar_new();
diff --git a/src/plugins/preview.c b/src/plugins/preview.c
index 6b6da7b..99dca4f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/preview.c
+++ b/src/plugins/preview.c
@@ -184,9 +184,14 @@ static Preview * _preview_init(BrowserPluginHelper * helper)
 	gtk_widget_set_no_show_all(preview->view_image, TRUE);
 	preview->view_image_image = gtk_image_new();
 	gtk_widget_show(preview->view_image_image);
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3, 0, 0)
+	gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(preview->view_image),
+			preview->view_image_image);
+#else
 	gtk_scrolled_window_add_with_viewport(
 			GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW(preview->view_image),
 			preview->view_image_image);
+#endif
 	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox), preview->view_image, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
 	/* text */
 	preview->view_text = gtk_scrolled_window_new(NULL, NULL);
@@ -204,8 +209,12 @@ static Preview * _preview_init(BrowserPluginHelper * helper)
 	gtk_widget_modify_font(widget, font);
 	gtk_widget_show(widget);
 	pango_font_description_free(font);
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3, 0, 0)
+	gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(preview->view_text), widget);
+#else
 	gtk_scrolled_window_add_with_viewport(GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW(
 				preview->view_text), widget);
+#endif
 	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox), preview->view_text, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
 	gtk_widget_show_all(vbox);
 	return preview;