diff --git a/headers/private/shared/StatusView.h b/headers/private/shared/StatusView.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a96dc5494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headers/private/shared/StatusView.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+namespace BPrivate {
+
+void AdoptScrollBarFontSize(BView*);
+
+} // namespace BPrivate
diff --git a/src/apps/stylededit/StatusView.cpp b/src/apps/stylededit/StatusView.cpp
index 243d333b3e..c13d39a931 100644
--- a/src/apps/stylededit/StatusView.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/stylededit/StatusView.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 
 #include "StatusView.h"
+#include <StatusView.h>
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ void
 StatusView::AttachedToWindow()
 {
 	SetFont(be_plain_font);
-	SetFontSize(ceilf(be_plain_font->Size() * 0.83f));
+	BPrivate::AdoptScrollBarFontSize(this);
 
 	BMessage message(UPDATE_STATUS);
 	message.AddInt32("line", 1);
diff --git a/src/kits/shared/Jamfile b/src/kits/shared/Jamfile
index aea432cbe7..bf0e23b2c4 100644
--- a/src/kits/shared/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kits/shared/Jamfile
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ for architectureObject in [ MultiArchSubDirSetup ] {
 			SettingsHandler.cpp
 			SettingsMessage.cpp
 			ShakeTrackingFilter.cpp
+			StatusView.cpp
 			StringForRate.cpp
 			StringForSize.cpp
 			StripeView.cpp
diff --git a/src/kits/shared/StatusView.cpp b/src/kits/shared/StatusView.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..542799278c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kits/shared/StatusView.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021, Pascal R. G. Abresch, nep@packageloss.eu.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+
+#include <ControlLook.h>
+#include <View.h>
+
+
+namespace BPrivate {
+
+
+void
+AdoptScrollBarFontSize(BView* view)
+{
+	float maxSize = be_control_look->GetScrollBarWidth();
+	BFont testFont = be_plain_font;
+	float currentSize;
+	font_height fontHeight;
+
+	float minFontSize = 0.0f;
+	float maxFontSize = 48.0f;
+
+	while (maxFontSize - minFontSize > 1.0f) {
+		float midFontSize = (maxFontSize + minFontSize) / 2.0f;
+
+		testFont.SetSize(midFontSize);
+		testFont.GetHeight(&fontHeight);
+		currentSize = fontHeight.ascent + fontHeight.descent;
+
+		if (currentSize > maxSize)
+			maxFontSize = midFontSize;
+		else
+			minFontSize = midFontSize;
+	}
+
+	view->SetFontSize(minFontSize);
+}
+
+
+} // namespace BPrivate