--- a/mobile/android/app/src/main/res/layout-large/tabs_layout_item_view.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/app/src/main/res/layout-large/tabs_layout_item_view.xml
@@ -25,17 +25,19 @@
                android:layout_width="0dip"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_weight="1.0"
                style="@style/TabLayoutItemTextAppearance"
                android:textSize="14sp"
                android:textColor="@color/tab_item_title"
                android:singleLine="true"
                android:duplicateParentState="true"
+               android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                gecko:fadeWidth="15dp"
+               android:minHeight="24dp"
                android:paddingRight="5dp"
                android:paddingEnd="5dp"
                android:paddingLeft="0dp"
                android:paddingStart="0dp"
                android:drawablePadding="6dp"/>
 
         <!-- Use of baselineAlignBottom only supported from API 11+ - if this needs to work on lower API versions
              we'll need to override getBaseLine() and return image height, but we assume this won't happen -->