diff --git a/src/components/item/item-reorder.scss b/src/components/item/item-reorder.scss
index 0b5990f10e..c7f59212ec 100644
--- a/src/components/item/item-reorder.scss
+++ b/src/components/item/item-reorder.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+@import "../../globals.core";
 
 // Item reorder
 // --------------------------------------------------
@@ -12,8 +13,8 @@ ion-reorder {
   max-width: 40px;
   height: 100%;
 
-  font-size: 1.45em;
-  opacity: .5;
+  font-size: 1.7em;
+  opacity: .25;
 
   transform: translate3d(120%, 0, 0);
 
diff --git a/src/components/item/item.md.scss b/src/components/item/item.md.scss
index 283abe2268..0c6e71e607 100644
--- a/src/components/item/item.md.scss
+++ b/src/components/item/item.md.scss
@@ -229,3 +229,11 @@ ion-item-divider {
 ion-item-sliding {
   background-color: $item-md-sliding-content-background;
 }
+
+// Item reorder
+// --------------------------------------------------
+
+ion-reorder {
+  font-size: 1.5em;
+  opacity: .3;
+}