The invention relates to an arrangement of a gear shift fork (1) in a housing of a transmission having a sliding sleeve (2) and a control rod (3), said gear shift fork (1) being pivotally mounted relative to the housing about a swivel axis and actuatable by the control rod (3), and engaging in a ring groove on the sliding sleeve (2) by means of sliding blocks (6, 7). According to the invention, the swivel axis is arranged substantially vertically, and the gear shift fork (1, 11) has at least one supporting element (9) provided outside the vertically arranged swivel axis, said supporting element being supported on the gear shift fork (3).