diff --git a/src/components/icon/icon.scss b/src/components/icon/icon.scss
index fc666668c25..a1a7945dcc5 100644
--- a/src/components/icon/icon.scss
+++ b/src/components/icon/icon.scss
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ md-icon {
   }
 
   &[md-font-icon] {
-    line-height: 1;
+    line-height: $icon-size;
     width: auto;
   }
 }