diff --git a/containments/panel/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/containments/panel/package/contents/ui/main.qml
index 90eb42b9..ae45bce5 100644
--- a/containments/panel/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/containments/panel/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ ContainmentItem {
     Plasmoid.backgroundHints: PlasmaCore.Types.NoBackground
     Plasmoid.status: PlasmaCore.Types.PassiveStatus // ensure that the panel never takes focus away from the running app
 
+    onWidthChanged: maximizeTimer.restart()
+
     // filled in by the shell (Panel.qml) with the plasma-workspace PanelView
     property var panel: null
     onPanelChanged: {
@@ -33,6 +35,14 @@ ContainmentItem {
         }
     }
 
+    // Ensure that panel is always the full width of the screen
+    Timer {
+        id: maximizeTimer
+        running: false
+        interval: 100
+        onTriggered: root.panel.maximize()
+    }
+
     // only opaque if there are no maximized windows on this screen
     readonly property bool showingApp: windowMaximizedTracker.showingWindow
     readonly property color backgroundColor: topPanel.colorScopeColor