diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/MessageTimestamp.tsx b/src/components/views/messages/MessageTimestamp.tsx
index cbf37f47f63..45035bdd7e0 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/MessageTimestamp.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/MessageTimestamp.tsx
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export default class MessageTimestamp extends React.Component<IProps> {
                 className="mx_MessageTimestamp"
                 title={formatFullDate(date, this.props.showTwelveHour)}
                 aria-hidden={true}
+                min-height="1rem"
             >
                 { timestamp }
             </span>
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
index b73ec31e293..4978b05610d 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
@@ -1307,6 +1307,7 @@ export class UnwrappedEventTile extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             href={permalink}
             onClick={this.onPermalinkClicked}
             aria-label={formatTime(new Date(this.props.mxEvent.getTs()), this.props.isTwelveHour)}
+            min-height="1rem"
         >
             { timestamp }
         </a>;