diff --git a/data/skins/default/skin.xml b/data/skins/default/skin.xml
index 3303b5f0f..1f220163d 100644
--- a/data/skins/default/skin.xml
+++ b/data/skins/default/skin.xml
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
 
     <!-- timeline_layer -->
     <style id="timeline_layer" base="timeline_box">
-      <text align="left" valign="middle" />
+      <text align="left" valign="middle" padding-left="4" />
     </style>
 
     <!-- timeline_empty_frame -->
diff --git a/src/app/ui/skin/skin_theme.cpp b/src/app/ui/skin/skin_theme.cpp
index c04c4e7ad..429904538 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/skin/skin_theme.cpp
+++ b/src/app/ui/skin/skin_theme.cpp
@@ -606,6 +606,8 @@ void SkinTheme::onRegenerate()
 
         PRINTF("- Rule '%s' for '%s'\n", ruleName.c_str(), style_id);
 
+        // TODO This code design to read styles could be improved.
+
         const char* part_id = xmlRule->Attribute("part");
         const char* color_id = xmlRule->Attribute("color");
 
@@ -635,6 +637,16 @@ void SkinTheme::onRegenerate()
         else if (ruleName == "text") {
           if (color_id) (*style)[StyleSheet::textColorRule()] = css::Value(color_id);
           if (align) (*style)[StyleSheet::textAlignRule()] = css::Value(align);
+
+          const char* padding_left = xmlRule->Attribute("padding-left");
+          const char* padding_top = xmlRule->Attribute("padding-top");
+          const char* padding_right = xmlRule->Attribute("padding-right");
+          const char* padding_bottom = xmlRule->Attribute("padding-bottom");
+
+          if (padding_left) (*style)[StyleSheet::paddingLeftRule()] = css::Value(strtol(padding_left, NULL, 10));
+          if (padding_top) (*style)[StyleSheet::paddingTopRule()] = css::Value(strtol(padding_top, NULL, 10));
+          if (padding_right) (*style)[StyleSheet::paddingRightRule()] = css::Value(strtol(padding_right, NULL, 10));
+          if (padding_bottom) (*style)[StyleSheet::paddingBottomRule()] = css::Value(strtol(padding_bottom, NULL, 10));
         }
 
         xmlRule = xmlRule->NextSiblingElement();
diff --git a/src/app/ui/skin/style.cpp b/src/app/ui/skin/style.cpp
index 695a782be..11d175477 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/skin/style.cpp
+++ b/src/app/ui/skin/style.cpp
@@ -71,13 +71,14 @@ void TextRule::onPaint(ui::Graphics* g, const gfx::Rect& bounds, const char* tex
 {
   SkinTheme* theme = static_cast<SkinTheme*>(ui::CurrentTheme::get());
 
-  if (text)
+  if (text) {
     g->drawString(text,
       (ui::is_transparent(m_color) ?
         theme->getColor(ThemeColor::Text):
         m_color),
       ui::ColorNone,
-      bounds, m_align);
+      gfx::Rect(bounds).shrink(m_padding), m_align);
+  }
 }
 
 void IconRule::onPaint(ui::Graphics* g, const gfx::Rect& bounds, const char* text)
@@ -113,6 +114,10 @@ Rules::Rules(const css::Query& query) :
   css::Value iconPart = query[StyleSheet::iconPartRule()];
   css::Value textAlign = query[StyleSheet::textAlignRule()];
   css::Value textColor = query[StyleSheet::textColorRule()];
+  css::Value paddingLeft = query[StyleSheet::paddingLeftRule()];
+  css::Value paddingTop = query[StyleSheet::paddingTopRule()];
+  css::Value paddingRight = query[StyleSheet::paddingRightRule()];
+  css::Value paddingBottom = query[StyleSheet::paddingBottomRule()];
   css::Value none;
 
   if (backgroundColor != none
@@ -130,10 +135,17 @@ Rules::Rules(const css::Query& query) :
   }
 
   if (textAlign != none
-    || textColor != none) {
+    || textColor != none
+    || paddingLeft != none
+    || paddingTop != none
+    || paddingRight != none
+    || paddingBottom != none) {
     m_text = new TextRule();
     m_text->setAlign((int)textAlign.number());
     m_text->setColor(StyleSheet::convertColor(textColor));
+    m_text->setPadding(gfx::Border(
+        paddingLeft.number(), paddingTop.number(),
+        paddingRight.number(), paddingBottom.number())*ui::jguiscale());
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/app/ui/skin/style.h b/src/app/ui/skin/style.h
index fadab24ee..84f323805 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/skin/style.h
+++ b/src/app/ui/skin/style.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "css/compound_style.h"
 #include "css/state.h"
 #include "css/stateful_style.h"
+#include "gfx/border.h"
 #include "gfx/fwd.h"
 #include "ui/color.h"
 
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ namespace app {
 
       void setAlign(int align) { m_align = align; }
       void setColor(ui::Color color) { m_color = color; }
+      void setPadding(const gfx::Border& padding) { m_padding = padding; }
 
     protected:
       void onPaint(ui::Graphics* g, const gfx::Rect& bounds, const char* text) OVERRIDE;
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ namespace app {
     private:
       int m_align;
       ui::Color m_color;
+      gfx::Border m_padding;
     };
 
     class IconRule : public Rule {
diff --git a/src/app/ui/skin/style_sheet.cpp b/src/app/ui/skin/style_sheet.cpp
index a57c73a35..026eb37dd 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/skin/style_sheet.cpp
+++ b/src/app/ui/skin/style_sheet.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ css::Rule StyleSheet::m_iconAlignRule("icon-align");
 css::Rule StyleSheet::m_iconPartRule("icon-part");
 css::Rule StyleSheet::m_textAlignRule("text-align");
 css::Rule StyleSheet::m_textColorRule("text-color");
+css::Rule StyleSheet::m_paddingLeftRule("padding-left");
+css::Rule StyleSheet::m_paddingTopRule("padding-top");
+css::Rule StyleSheet::m_paddingRightRule("padding-right");
+css::Rule StyleSheet::m_paddingBottomRule("padding-bottom");
 
 StyleSheet::StyleSheet()
 {
@@ -48,6 +52,10 @@ StyleSheet::StyleSheet()
   m_sheet->addRule(&m_iconPartRule);
   m_sheet->addRule(&m_textAlignRule);
   m_sheet->addRule(&m_textColorRule);
+  m_sheet->addRule(&m_paddingLeftRule);
+  m_sheet->addRule(&m_paddingTopRule);
+  m_sheet->addRule(&m_paddingRightRule);
+  m_sheet->addRule(&m_paddingBottomRule);
 }
 
 StyleSheet::~StyleSheet()
diff --git a/src/app/ui/skin/style_sheet.h b/src/app/ui/skin/style_sheet.h
index 1b956114c..04b8ae2d0 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/skin/style_sheet.h
+++ b/src/app/ui/skin/style_sheet.h
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ namespace app {
       static css::Rule& iconPartRule() { return m_iconPartRule; }
       static css::Rule& textAlignRule() { return m_textAlignRule; }
       static css::Rule& textColorRule() { return m_textColorRule; }
+      static css::Rule& paddingLeftRule() { return m_paddingLeftRule; }
+      static css::Rule& paddingTopRule() { return m_paddingTopRule; }
+      static css::Rule& paddingRightRule() { return m_paddingRightRule; }
+      static css::Rule& paddingBottomRule() { return m_paddingBottomRule; }
 
       css::Sheet& sheet() { return *m_sheet; }
 
@@ -69,6 +73,11 @@ namespace app {
       static css::Rule m_iconPartRule;
       static css::Rule m_textAlignRule;
       static css::Rule m_textColorRule;
+      static css::Rule m_paddingLeftRule;
+      static css::Rule m_paddingTopRule;
+      static css::Rule m_paddingRightRule;
+      static css::Rule m_paddingBottomRule;
+
       css::Sheet* m_sheet;
       StyleMap m_styles;
     };