diff -Nru meld-1.8.4.orig/data/ui/dirdiff-ui.xml meld-1.8.4/data/ui/dirdiff-ui.xml
--- meld-1.8.4.orig/data/ui/dirdiff-ui.xml	2014-01-22 21:09:02.000000000 +0100
+++ meld-1.8.4/data/ui/dirdiff-ui.xml	2014-06-09 12:41:06.448380841 +0200
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         <menuitem action="DirCopyLeft" />
         <menuitem action="DirCopyRight" />
         <menuitem action="DirDelete" />
+        <menuitem action="Hide" />
         <separator/>
         <menuitem action="DirCompare" />
         <menuitem action="OpenExternal" />
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
       <toolitem action="DirCopyLeft" />
       <toolitem action="DirCopyRight" />
       <toolitem action="DirDelete" />
+      <toolitem action="Hide" />
     </placeholder>
     <placeholder name="FilterActions">
       <toolitem action="ShowSame" />
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@
     <menuitem action="DirCopyLeft" />
     <menuitem action="DirCopyRight" />
     <menuitem action="DirDelete" />
+    <menuitem action="Hide" />
     <separator/>
     <menuitem action="OpenExternal" />
   </popup>
diff -Nru meld-1.8.4.orig/meld/dirdiff.py meld-1.8.4/meld/dirdiff.py
--- meld-1.8.4.orig/meld/dirdiff.py	2014-01-22 21:09:02.000000000 +0100
+++ meld-1.8.4/meld/dirdiff.py	2014-06-09 14:22:04.970474207 +0200
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
                                          self.on_text_filters_changed)]
 
         for button in ("DirCompare", "DirCopyLeft", "DirCopyRight",
-                       "DirDelete", "ShowSame",
+                       "DirDelete", "Hide", "ShowSame",
                        "ShowNew", "ShowModified", "CustomFilterMenu"):
             self.actiongroup.get_action(button).props.is_important = True
         self.map_widgets_into_lists(["treeview", "fileentry", "scrolledwindow",
