diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/strip_silence_dialog.cc b/gtk2_ardour/strip_silence_dialog.cc
index 3e68f0dd06..6a591c08b9 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/strip_silence_dialog.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/strip_silence_dialog.cc
@@ -84,12 +84,9 @@ StripSilenceDialog::StripSilenceDialog (Session* s, list<RegionView*> const & v)
         _minimum_length.set_mode (AudioClock::Frames);
         _minimum_length.set (1000, true);
 
-        /* Add this back when we finally do something with it */
-        /*
 	table->attach (*Gtk::manage (new Gtk::Label (_("Fade length"), 1, 0.5)), 0, 1, n, n + 1, Gtk::FILL);
         table->attach (_fade_length, 1, 2, n, n + 1, Gtk::FILL);
 	++n;
-        */
 
         _fade_length.set_session (s);
         _fade_length.set_mode (AudioClock::Frames);
@@ -282,7 +279,7 @@ StripSilenceDialog::minimum_length () const
 framecnt_t
 StripSilenceDialog::fade_length () const
 {
-        return _minimum_length.current_duration (views.front().view->region()->position());
+        return _fade_length.current_duration (views.front().view->region()->position());
 }
 		
 void
diff --git a/libs/ardour/strip_silence.cc b/libs/ardour/strip_silence.cc
index d04612f604..ee6bfb7a5e 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/strip_silence.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/strip_silence.cc
@@ -123,9 +123,12 @@ StripSilence::run (boost::shared_ptr<Region> r, Progress* progress)
 			);
 		
 		copy->set_name (RegionFactory::new_region_name (region->name ()));
+
+		framecnt_t const f = std::min (_fade_length, (i->second - i->first));
 		
 		copy->set_fade_in_active (true);
-		copy->set_fade_in (FadeLinear, _fade_length);
+		copy->set_fade_in (FadeLinear, f);
+		copy->set_fade_out (FadeLinear, f);
 		results.push_back (copy);
 	
 		if (progress && (n <= N)) {