diff --git a/src/components/toast/toast.scss b/src/components/toast/toast.scss
index 90f1d8594fb..a1f416f4b91 100644
--- a/src/components/toast/toast.scss
+++ b/src/components/toast/toast.scss
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // See height set globally, depended on by buttons
 md-toast {
   display: flex;
-  position:absolute;
+  position:fixed;
   box-sizing: border-box;
   align-items: center;