diff --git a/ionic/components/button/button-icon.scss b/ionic/components/button/button-icon.scss
index a70368f8e1..821ecf6077 100644
--- a/ionic/components/button/button-icon.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/button/button-icon.scss
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ button,
     background: none;
     border: none;
     pointer-events: none;
+    line-height: 0.67;
   }
 
   &.icon-left icon {
diff --git a/ionic/components/item/modes/ios.scss b/ionic/components/item/modes/ios.scss
index 7e72d4ce52..2209d9e677 100644
--- a/ionic/components/item/modes/ios.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/item/modes/ios.scss
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ $item-ios-forward-icon-color:          $item-ios-border-color !default;
   button[item-right],
   [button][item-left],
   [button][item-right] {
-    padding: 0 0.6em;
+    padding: 0 0.5em;
     font-size: 1.3rem;
     min-height: 25px;
   }