diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss
index 0d21a9f5f77..25ee081ea9c 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ $tooltip-font-size: 12px;
  * Padding
  */
 $gl-padding: 16px;
+$gl-padding-8: 8px;
 $gl-col-padding: 15px;
 $gl-btn-padding: 10px;
 $gl-input-padding: 10px;