diff --git a/src/kits/interface/Menu.cpp b/src/kits/interface/Menu.cpp
index 39c5ef3f46..a93340b8c8 100644
--- a/src/kits/interface/Menu.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/interface/Menu.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2001-2013 Haiku, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2001-2015 Haiku, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT license.
  *
  * Authors:
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ BMenu::BMenu(const char* name, menu_layout layout)
 	:
 	BView(BRect(0, 0, 0, 0), name, 0, B_WILL_DRAW),
 	fChosenItem(NULL),
-	fPad(14.0f, 2.0f, 20.0f, 0.0f),
+	fPad(std::max(14.0f, be_plain_font->Size() + 2.0f), 2.0f, 20.0f, 0.0f),
 	fSelected(NULL),
 	fCachedMenuWindow(NULL),
 	fSuper(NULL),
diff --git a/src/kits/interface/MenuItem.cpp b/src/kits/interface/MenuItem.cpp
index e1a20a8c98..d51280c538 100644
--- a/src/kits/interface/MenuItem.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/interface/MenuItem.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2001-2013 Haiku, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2001-2015 Haiku, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  *
  * Authors:
@@ -683,8 +683,9 @@ BMenuItem::_DrawMarkSymbol()
 	BRect r(fBounds);
 	float leftMargin;
 	MenuPrivate(fSuper).GetItemMargins(&leftMargin, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-	r.right = r.left + leftMargin - 3;
-	r.left += 1;
+	float gap = leftMargin / 4;
+	r.right = r.left + leftMargin - gap;
+	r.left += gap / 3;
 
 	BPoint center(floorf((r.left + r.right) / 2.0),
 		floorf((r.top + r.bottom) / 2.0));