diff --git a/headers/os/interface/GridView.h b/headers/os/interface/GridView.h
index 4749fe756d..d91954d2fe 100644
--- a/headers/os/interface/GridView.h
+++ b/headers/os/interface/GridView.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006, Haiku, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2006-2010, Haiku, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  */
 #ifndef	_GRID_VIEW_H
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ class BGridView : public BView {
 public:
 								BGridView(float horizontalSpacing = 0.0f,
 									float verticalSpacing = 0.0f);
+								BGridView(BMessage* from);
 	virtual						~BGridView();
 
 	virtual	void				SetLayout(BLayout* layout);
-
 			BGridLayout*		GridLayout() const;
+
+	static	BArchivable*		Instantiate(BMessage* from);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/kits/interface/GridView.cpp b/src/kits/interface/GridView.cpp
index 3a96ff1978..92383c65b5 100644
--- a/src/kits/interface/GridView.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/interface/GridView.cpp
@@ -1,24 +1,33 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright 2010, Haiku, Inc.
  * Copyright 2006, Ingo Weinhold <bonefish@cs.tu-berlin.de>.
  * All rights reserved. Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  */
 
+
 #include <GridView.h>
 
 
-// constructor
 BGridView::BGridView(float horizontalSpacing, float verticalSpacing)
-	: BView(NULL, 0, new BGridLayout(horizontalSpacing, verticalSpacing))
+	:
+	BView(NULL, 0, new BGridLayout(horizontalSpacing, verticalSpacing))
 {
 	SetViewColor(ui_color(B_PANEL_BACKGROUND_COLOR));
 }
 
-// destructor
+
+BGridView::BGridView(BMessage* from)
+	:
+	BView(from)
+{
+}
+
+
 BGridView::~BGridView()
 {
 }
 
-// SetLayout
+
 void
 BGridView::SetLayout(BLayout* layout)
 {
@@ -29,9 +38,18 @@ BGridView::SetLayout(BLayout* layout)
 	BView::SetLayout(layout);
 }
 
-// GridLayout
+
 BGridLayout*
 BGridView::GridLayout() const
 {
 	return dynamic_cast<BGridLayout*>(GetLayout());
 }
+
+
+BArchivable*
+BGridView::Instantiate(BMessage* from)
+{
+	if (validate_instantiation(from, "BGridView"))
+		return new BGridView(from);
+	return NULL;
+}