--- psvn.el	(revision 15394 variant kon.8.custom)
+++ psvn.el	(revision 15394 variant kon.9.header-line)
@@ -1768,14 +1768,15 @@
     (when (> user-elide-count 0)
       (insert (format "%d file(s) elided\n" user-elide-count)))
     (insert (format "%d file(s) marked\n" marked-count))
-    (setq header-line-string (concat (format svn-status-line-format
+    (setq header-line-string (concat " " ; leftmost column is for user mark
+                                     (format svn-status-line-format
                                              70 80 72 "BASE" "CMTD" "Author")
                                      (if svn-status-short-mod-flag-p "em " "")
                                      "File"))
     (cond ((eq svn-status-use-header-line t)
-           (setq header-line-format (concat "    " header-line-string)))
+           (setq header-line-format header-line-string))
           ((eq svn-status-use-header-line 'inline)
-           (insert "\n " header-line-string "\n")))
+           (insert "\n" header-line-string "\n")))
     (setq svn-start-of-file-list-line-number (+ (count-lines (point-min) (point)) 1))
     (if fname
         (progn