diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomHeader.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomHeader.scss
index 2e3a5e5ef6..93f984e65b 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomHeader.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomHeader.scss
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     font-weight: 400;
     font-size: 13px;
     margin: 0 7px;
+    margin-top: 4px; // to align baseline of topic with room name
     overflow: hidden;
     text-overflow: ellipsis;
     border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;