diff --git a/gui/queue/window.cpp b/gui/queue/window.cpp
index c38e68d7..576316cc 100644
--- a/gui/queue/window.cpp
+++ b/gui/queue/window.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ void QueueWindow :: init(Queue *queue)
 
 	q_treeview->signal_row_activated().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this,
 					&QueueWindow :: on_row_activated));
+	q_treeview->signal_key_press_event().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this,
+					&QueueWindow :: on_key_press), false);
 	q_treeview->set_model(q_filter);
 }
 
@@ -49,6 +51,14 @@ bool QueueWindow :: filter_ids(const Gtk::TreeIter &iter)
 	return set_has(&_q_search_res, _queue->operator[](id)->dbe_index);
 }
 
+bool QueueWindow :: on_key_press(GdkEventKey *event)
+{
+	std::string key = gdk_keyval_name(event->keyval);
+	if (key == "space")
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
 void QueueWindow :: on_row_activated(const Gtk::TreePath &path,
 				     Gtk::TreeViewColumn *col)
 {
diff --git a/include/gui/queue/window.h b/include/gui/queue/window.h
index 2a255d47..d2f20004 100644
--- a/include/gui/queue/window.h
+++ b/include/gui/queue/window.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public:
 	void filter(std::string &);
 	bool filter_ids(const Gtk::TreeIter &);
 
+	bool on_key_press(GdkEventKey *);
 	void on_row_activated(const Gtk::TreePath &, Gtk::TreeViewColumn *);
 };