diff --git a/ionic/components/item/item.ios.scss b/ionic/components/item/item.ios.scss
index e82992b062..0e5018a77c 100644
--- a/ionic/components/item/item.ios.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/item/item.ios.scss
@@ -123,9 +123,14 @@ ion-thumbnail[item-right] {
 .item-button {
   padding: 0 0.5em;
   font-size: 1.3rem;
-  min-height: 25px;
+  min-height: 24px;
 }
 
+.item-button.button-icon-only ion-icon,
+.item-button.button-icon-only {
+   padding: 0 1px;
+ }
+
 ion-avatar {
   min-width: $item-ios-avatar-size;
   min-height: $item-ios-avatar-size;
diff --git a/ionic/components/item/item.md.scss b/ionic/components/item/item.md.scss
index 3d5bb4df28..d005354eaa 100644
--- a/ionic/components/item/item.md.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/item/item.md.scss
@@ -98,10 +98,15 @@ ion-icon[item-right] {
 
 .item-button {
   padding: 0 0.6em;
-  min-height: 26px;
+  min-height: 25px;
   font-size: 1.2rem;
 }
 
+.item-button.button-icon-only ion-icon,
+.item-button.button-icon-only {
+   padding: 0 1px;
+ }
+
 [text-wrap] ion-item-content {
   font-size: $item-md-body-text-font-size;
   line-height: $item-md-body-text-line-height;