diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/components/baseTerminalTab.component.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/components/baseTerminalTab.component.ts
index 5f5e3036..01b1dd4d 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/components/baseTerminalTab.component.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/components/baseTerminalTab.component.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export class BaseTerminalTabComponent extends BaseTabComponent implements OnInit
     @Input() zoom = 0
     @ViewChild('content') content
     @HostBinding('style.background-color') backgroundColor: string
+    @HostBinding('class.top-padded') topPadded: boolean
     frontend: Frontend
     sessionCloseSubscription: Subscription
     hotkeysSubscription: Subscription
@@ -304,6 +305,10 @@ export class BaseTerminalTabComponent extends BaseTabComponent implements OnInit
     configure (): void {
         this.frontend.configure()
 
+        this.topPadded = this.hostApp.platform === Platform.macOS
+            && this.config.store.appearance.frame === 'thin'
+            && this.config.store.appearance.tabsLocation === 'bottom'
+
         if (this.config.store.terminal.background === 'colorScheme') {
             if (this.config.store.terminal.colorScheme.background) {
                 this.backgroundColor = this.config.store.terminal.colorScheme.background
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/components/terminalTab.component.scss b/terminus-terminal/src/components/terminalTab.component.scss
index 0556f84c..12cf276a 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/components/terminalTab.component.scss
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/components/terminalTab.component.scss
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
     display: flex;
     overflow: hidden;
 
+    &.top-padded {
+        padding-top: 20px;
+    }
+
     &> .content {
         flex: auto;
         position: relative;