diff --git a/config/config.def.c b/config/config.def.c
index 28fe0ed1..e8aac238 100644
--- a/config/config.def.c
+++ b/config/config.def.c
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ Settings config = {
     /** Fuzzy matching. */
     .fuzzy             = FALSE,
     /** Monitor */
-    .monitor           =                                        -1,
+    .monitor     =                                        -1,
+    .line_margin =                                         3,
 };
 
diff --git a/doc/rofi-manpage.markdown b/doc/rofi-manpage.markdown
index 034a4f9c..d5ab23a2 100644
--- a/doc/rofi-manpage.markdown
+++ b/doc/rofi-manpage.markdown
@@ -318,6 +318,14 @@ The following options are further explained in the theming section:
 
     Specify the colors used in a row per state (normal, active, urgent).
 
+`-line-margin`
+
+    Set the spacing between the rows.
+
+    Default: *3*
+    Min:     *3*
+    Max:     *50*
+
 ### Layout
 
 `-lines`
diff --git a/doc/rofi.1 b/doc/rofi.1
index afc3377c..e53dddbe 100644
--- a/doc/rofi.1
+++ b/doc/rofi.1
@@ -559,6 +559,23 @@ Specify the colors used in a row per state (normal, active, urgent)\.
 .
 .IP "" 0
 .
+.P
+\fB\-line\-margin\fR
+.
+.IP "" 4
+.
+.nf
+
+Set the spacing between the rows\.
+
+Default: *3*
+Min:     *3*
+Max:     *50*
+.
+.fi
+.
+.IP "" 0
+.
 .SS "Layout"
 \fB\-lines\fR
 .
@@ -871,13 +888,13 @@ Default: *dmenu*
 .IP "" 0
 .
 .P
-\fB\-row\fR \fIselected line\fR
+\fB\-selected\-row\fR \fIselected row\fR
 .
 .IP "" 4
 .
 .nf
 
-Select a certain line\.
+Select a certain row\.
 
 Default: *0*
 .
diff --git a/include/rofi.h b/include/rofi.h
index b626785f..062a8187 100644
--- a/include/rofi.h
+++ b/include/rofi.h
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ typedef struct _Settings
     unsigned int   fuzzy;
     /** Monitors */
     int            monitor;
+    /** Line margin */
+    unsigned int   line_margin;
 } Settings;
 
 /** Global Settings structure. */
diff --git a/source/dialogs/dmenu.c b/source/dialogs/dmenu.c
index 0d8d3e3b..a440f871 100644
--- a/source/dialogs/dmenu.c
+++ b/source/dialogs/dmenu.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ int dmenu_switcher_dialog ( char **input )
         g_strfreev ( tokens );
     }
 
-    find_arg_uint (  "-l", &(config.menu_lines));
+    find_arg_uint (  "-l", &( config.menu_lines ) );
 
     /**
      * Dmenu compatibility.
diff --git a/source/helper.c b/source/helper.c
index 3e7db9ad..225f89bf 100644
--- a/source/helper.c
+++ b/source/helper.c
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ void remove_pid_file ( int fd )
 {
     if ( fd >= 0 ) {
         if ( close ( fd ) ) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to close pidfile: '%s'\n", strerror(errno));
+            fprintf ( stderr, "Failed to close pidfile: '%s'\n", strerror ( errno ) );
         }
     }
 }
@@ -486,6 +486,12 @@ void config_sanity_check (  )
         config.location = WL_CENTER;
         found_error     = 1;
     }
+    if ( !( config.line_margin >= 3 && config.line_margin <= 50 ) ) {
+        g_string_append_printf ( msg, "\t<b>config.line_margin</b>=%d is invalid. Value should be between %d and %d.\n",
+                                 config.line_margin, 3, 50 );
+        config.line_margin = 3;
+        found_error        = 1;
+    }
     if ( found_error ) {
         g_string_append ( msg, "Please update your configuration." );
         show_error_message ( msg->str, TRUE );
diff --git a/source/rofi.c b/source/rofi.c
index e2aa0777..c472fa3f 100644
--- a/source/rofi.c
+++ b/source/rofi.c
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 #include "dialogs/window.h"
 #include "dialogs/combi.h"
 
-#define LINE_MARGIN    3
 
 
 // TEMP
@@ -455,7 +454,7 @@ static void menu_calculate_window_and_element_width ( MenuState *state, workarea
     if ( state->columns > 0 ) {
         state->element_width = state->w - ( 2 * ( config.padding ) );
         // Divide by the # columns
-        state->element_width = ( state->element_width - ( state->columns - 1 ) * LINE_MARGIN ) / state->columns;
+        state->element_width = ( state->element_width - ( state->columns - 1 ) * config.line_margin ) / state->columns;
     }
 }
 
@@ -795,7 +794,7 @@ static void menu_draw ( MenuState *state )
     // Element width.
     unsigned int element_width = state->w - ( 2 * ( config.padding ) );
     if ( columns > 0 ) {
-        element_width = ( element_width - ( columns - 1 ) * LINE_MARGIN ) / columns;
+        element_width = ( element_width - ( columns - 1 ) * config.line_margin ) / columns;
     }
 
     int          element_height = state->line_height * config.element_height;
@@ -811,8 +810,8 @@ static void menu_draw ( MenuState *state )
     if ( state->rchanged ) {
         // Move, resize visible boxes and show them.
         for ( i = 0; i < max_elements; i++ ) {
-            unsigned int ex = ( ( i ) / state->max_rows ) * ( element_width + LINE_MARGIN );
-            unsigned int ey = ( ( i ) % state->max_rows ) * element_height + LINE_MARGIN;
+            unsigned int ex = ( ( i ) / state->max_rows ) * ( element_width + config.line_margin );
+            unsigned int ey = ( ( i ) % state->max_rows ) * ( element_height + config.line_margin ) + config.line_margin;
             // Move it around.
             textbox_moveresize ( state->boxes[i],
                                  ex + x_offset, ey + y_offset,
@@ -860,23 +859,23 @@ static void menu_update ( MenuState *state )
                           state->arrowbox_bottom );
     // Why do we need the special -1?
     XDrawLine ( display, main_window, gc, ( config.padding ),
-                state->line_height + ( config.padding ) + ( LINE_MARGIN  ) / 2,
+                state->line_height + ( config.padding ) + ( config.line_margin  ) / 2,
                 state->w - ( ( config.padding ) ) - 1,
-                state->line_height + ( config.padding ) + ( LINE_MARGIN  ) / 2 );
+                state->line_height + ( config.padding ) + ( config.line_margin  ) / 2 );
     if ( state->message_tb ) {
         XDrawLine ( display, main_window, gc,
                     ( config.padding ),
-                    state->top_offset + ( LINE_MARGIN  ) / 2,
+                    state->top_offset + ( config.line_margin  ) / 2,
                     state->w - ( ( config.padding ) ) - 1,
-                    state->top_offset + ( LINE_MARGIN  ) / 2 );
+                    state->top_offset + ( config.line_margin  ) / 2 );
     }
 
     if ( config.sidebar_mode == TRUE ) {
         XDrawLine ( display, main_window, gc,
                     ( config.padding ),
-                    state->h - state->line_height - ( config.padding ) - LINE_MARGIN,
+                    state->h - state->line_height - ( config.padding ) - config.line_margin / 2,
                     state->w - ( ( config.padding ) ) - 1,
-                    state->h - state->line_height - ( config.padding ) - LINE_MARGIN );
+                    state->h - state->line_height - ( config.padding ) - config.line_margin / 2 );
         for ( unsigned int j = 0; j < num_switchers; j++ ) {
             textbox_draw ( switchers[j]->tb );
         }
@@ -973,7 +972,7 @@ MenuReturn menu ( char **lines, unsigned int num_lines, char **input, char *prom
     // Height of a row.
     if ( config.menu_lines == 0 ) {
         // Autosize it.
-        int h = mon.h - config.padding * 2 - LINE_MARGIN - config.menu_bw * 2;
+        int h = mon.h - config.padding * 2 - config.line_margin - config.menu_bw * 2;
         int r = ( h ) / ( state.line_height * config.element_height ) - 1 - config.sidebar_mode;
         state.menu_lines = r;
     }
@@ -1054,10 +1053,10 @@ MenuReturn menu ( char **lines, unsigned int num_lines, char **input, char *prom
                                              "↓" );
     textbox_move ( state.arrowbox_top,
                    state.w - config.padding - state.arrowbox_top->w,
-                   state.top_offset + LINE_MARGIN );
+                   state.top_offset + config.line_margin );
     textbox_move ( state.arrowbox_bottom,
                    state.w - config.padding - state.arrowbox_bottom->w,
-                   state.top_offset + ( state.max_rows - 1 ) * element_height + LINE_MARGIN );
+                   state.top_offset + ( state.max_rows - 1 ) * ( element_height + config.line_margin ) + config.line_margin );
 
     // filtered list
     state.line_map = g_malloc0_n ( state.num_lines, sizeof ( int ) );
@@ -1067,11 +1066,11 @@ MenuReturn menu ( char **lines, unsigned int num_lines, char **input, char *prom
 
     // resize window vertically to suit
     // Subtract the margin of the last row.
-    state.h = state.top_offset + element_height * state.max_rows + ( config.padding ) + LINE_MARGIN;
+    state.h = state.top_offset + ( element_height + config.line_margin ) * state.max_rows + ( config.padding ) + config.line_margin;
 
     // Add entry
     if ( config.sidebar_mode == TRUE ) {
-        state.h += state.line_height + LINE_MARGIN * 2;
+        state.h += state.line_height + config.line_margin * 0;
     }
 
     // Sidebar mode.
@@ -1083,10 +1082,10 @@ MenuReturn menu ( char **lines, unsigned int num_lines, char **input, char *prom
     calculate_window_position ( &state, &mon );
 
     if ( config.sidebar_mode == TRUE ) {
-        int width = ( state.w - ( 2 * ( config.padding ) + ( num_switchers - 1 ) * LINE_MARGIN ) ) / num_switchers;
+        int width = ( state.w - ( 2 * ( config.padding ) + ( num_switchers - 1 ) * config.line_margin ) ) / num_switchers;
         for ( unsigned int j = 0; j < num_switchers; j++ ) {
             switchers[j]->tb = textbox_create ( main_window, &vinfo, map, TB_CENTER,
-                                                config.padding + j * ( width + LINE_MARGIN ),
+                                                config.padding + j * ( width + config.line_margin ),
                                                 state.h - state.line_height - config.padding,
                                                 width, state.line_height, ( j == curr_switcher ) ? HIGHLIGHT : NORMAL, switchers[j]->name );
             textbox_show ( switchers[j]->tb );
diff --git a/source/xrmoptions.c b/source/xrmoptions.c
index 67b3b43f..1a931def 100644
--- a/source/xrmoptions.c
+++ b/source/xrmoptions.c
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ static XrmOption xrmOptions[] = {
     { xrm_Boolean, "fuzzy",                { .num  = &config.fuzzy                   }, NULL },
     { xrm_Number,  "monitor",              { .snum = &config.monitor                 }, NULL },
     /* Alias for dmenu compatibility. */
-    { xrm_Number,  "m",                    { .snum = &config.monitor                 }, NULL }
+    { xrm_SNumber, "m",                    { .snum = &config.monitor                 }, NULL },
+    { xrm_Number,  "line-margin",          { .num  = &config.line_margin             }, NULL }
 };
 
 // Dynamic options.