diff --git a/java/res/values/dimens.xml b/java/res/values/dimens.xml
index a0ab695289a99c84b089ca3d2fb9a2e4836610b1..9c2100b93546607c86fc9af9aa03f1eb1529ef6a 100644
--- a/java/res/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/java/res/values/dimens.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     <dimen name="suggestions_strip_height">40dip</dimen>
     <dimen name="more_suggestions_key_horizontal_padding">12dip</dimen>
     <dimen name="more_suggestions_row_height">40dip</dimen>
+    <dimen name="more_suggestions_bottom_gap">6dip</dimen>
     <dimen name="more_suggestions_slide_allowance">0.2in</dimen>
     <integer name="max_more_suggestions_row">6</integer>
     <fraction name="min_more_suggestions_width">90%</fraction>
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestionsView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestionsView.java
index 4fcc2af85702fc2b5c17351a7aa2a1b7fea02af6..16ecc59ae74665ce0e815a2d1f6b1254deb5d798 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestionsView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestionsView.java
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ public class SuggestionsView extends RelativeLayout implements OnClickListener,
         public final int mSuggestionsCountInStrip;
         public final int mMaxMoreSuggestionsRow;
         public final float mMinMoreSuggestionsWidth;
+        public final int mMoreSuggestionsBottomGap;
 
         private final List<TextView> mWords;
         private final List<View> mDividers;
@@ -222,6 +223,8 @@ public class SuggestionsView extends RelativeLayout implements OnClickListener,
 
             mCenterSuggestionIndex = mSuggestionsCountInStrip / 2;
             mMoreSuggestionsHint = res.getDrawable(R.drawable.more_suggestions_hint);
+            mMoreSuggestionsBottomGap = res.getDimensionPixelOffset(
+                    R.dimen.more_suggestions_bottom_gap);
 
             mInvertedForegroundColorSpan = new ForegroundColorSpan(mColorTypedWord ^ 0x00ffffff);
             mInvertedBackgroundColorSpan = new BackgroundColorSpan(mColorTypedWord);
@@ -740,7 +743,7 @@ public class SuggestionsView extends RelativeLayout implements OnClickListener,
 
             final MoreKeysPanel moreKeysPanel = mMoreSuggestionsView;
             final int pointX = stripWidth / 2;
-            final int pointY = 0;
+            final int pointY = -params.mMoreSuggestionsBottomGap;
             moreKeysPanel.showMoreKeysPanel(
                     this, mMoreSuggestionsController, pointX, pointY,
                     mMoreSuggestionsWindow, mMoreSuggestionsListener);