diff --git a/ionic/components/text-input/modes/material.scss b/ionic/components/text-input/modes/material.scss
index abb930f4d5..a123520602 100644
--- a/ionic/components/text-input/modes/material.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/text-input/modes/material.scss
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ ion-card[mode=md] {
     border-top-color: $text-input-highlight-color !important;
   }
 
+  [stacked-label] ion-label {
+    font-size: 1.2rem;
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+  }
+
+  [stacked-label].has-focus ion-label {
+    color: $text-input-highlight-color;
+  }
+
+  [stacked-label] .text-input {
+    margin-bottom: 8px;
+    margin-top: 8px;
+  }
 }
 
 .list[mode=md][inset] ion-input.item {
diff --git a/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.scss b/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.scss
index 1a5ba8337f..32bfcc3c67 100644
--- a/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.scss
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ $input-focus-box-shadow:        inset 0px 0px 8px 0px $input-focus-border-color
 $text-input-background-color:   $list-background-color !default;
 
 
-ion-input {
-  display: block;
+ion-input.item {
+  align-items: flex-start;
 }
 
 .key-input ion-input {
@@ -24,15 +24,8 @@ ion-input {
   }
 }
 
-.item.input {
-  align-items: flex-start;
-}
-
-.item.input .text-input {
-  flex: 1;
-}
-
 ion-input .text-input {
+  flex: 1;
   background-color: $text-input-background-color;
   pointer-events: none;
 }
@@ -41,6 +34,6 @@ ion-input.has-focus .text-input {
   pointer-events: auto;
 }
 
-.item.input textarea {
+ion-input textarea {
   padding-top: 9px;
 }