diff --git a/gedit/resources/ui/gedit-window.ui b/gedit/resources/ui/gedit-window.ui
index cac2005..3db362f 100644
--- a/gedit/resources/ui/gedit-window.ui
+++ b/gedit/resources/ui/gedit-window.ui
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <child>
           <object class="GtkHeaderBar" id="side_headerbar">
             <property name="visible" bind-source="side_panel" bind-property="visible" bind-flags="sync-create"/>
-            <property name="show_close_button">False</property>
+            <property name="show_close_button">True</property>
             <property name="title" translatable="yes">Documents</property>
             <style>
               <class name="gedit-titlebar-left"/>
