diff --git a/src/calls-history-box.c b/src/calls-history-box.c
index c0d8444..1b50577 100644
--- a/src/calls-history-box.c
+++ b/src/calls-history-box.c
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
 
 struct _CallsHistoryBox
 {
-  GtkTreeView parent_instance;
+  GtkStack parent_instance;
 
   GtkListStore *history_store;
 };
 
-G_DEFINE_TYPE (CallsHistoryBox, calls_history_box, GTK_TYPE_TREE_VIEW);
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (CallsHistoryBox, calls_history_box, GTK_TYPE_STACK)
 
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/calls-history-box.h b/src/calls-history-box.h
index 77196b5..5037046 100644
--- a/src/calls-history-box.h
+++ b/src/calls-history-box.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 #define CALLS_TYPE_HISTORY_BOX (calls_history_box_get_type ())
 
-G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE (CallsHistoryBox, calls_history_box, CALLS, HISTORY_BOX, GtkTreeView);
+G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE (CallsHistoryBox, calls_history_box, CALLS, HISTORY_BOX, GtkStack)
 
 G_END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/src/ui/history-box.ui b/src/ui/history-box.ui
index 5de67f4..8344553 100644
--- a/src/ui/history-box.ui
+++ b/src/ui/history-box.ui
@@ -4,12 +4,47 @@
   <requires lib="gtk+" version="3.22"/>
   <requires lib="libhandy" version="0.0"/>
   <object class="GtkListStore" id="history_store"/>
-  <template class="CallsHistoryBox" parent="GtkTreeView">
-    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
-    <property name="model">history_store</property>
-    <property name="visible">True</property>
-    <child internal-child="selection">
-      <object class="GtkTreeSelection"/>
+  <template class="CallsHistoryBox" parent="GtkStack">
+    <child>
+      <object class="GtkBox" id="empty_view">
+        <property name="visible">1</property>
+        <property name="halign">center</property>
+        <property name="valign">center</property>
+        <property name="orientation">vertical</property>
+        <property name="spacing">12</property>
+        <child>
+          <object class="GtkImage">
+            <property name="visible">1</property>
+            <property name="icon-name">call-start-symbolic</property>
+            <property name="pixel-size">96</property>
+          </object>
+        </child>
+        <child>
+          <object class="GtkLabel" id="primary_label">
+            <property name="visible">1</property>
+            <property name="label" translatable="yes">Call list empty</property>
+            <property name="halign">start</property>
+            <attributes>
+              <attribute name="weight" value="bold"/>
+              <attribute name="scale" value="1.2"/>
+            </attributes>
+          </object>
+        </child>
+        <style>
+         <class name="dim-label"/>
+        </style>
+      </object>
+    </child>
+
+    <child>
+      <object class="GtkTreeView" id="history_view">
+        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+        <property name="model">history_store</property>
+        <property name="visible">True</property>
+        <child internal-child="selection">
+          <object class="GtkTreeSelection"/>
+        </child>
+      </object>
     </child>
   </template>
 </interface>