diff --git a/include/theme.h b/include/theme.h
index 89b4ac2f..043cf6f8 100644
--- a/include/theme.h
+++ b/include/theme.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ typedef enum {
 } PixelWidth;
 
 typedef struct {
-    int        distance;
+    double     distance;
     PixelWidth type;
 } Distance;
 
@@ -86,10 +86,13 @@ void rofi_theme_widget_add_properties ( Widget *widget, GHashTable *table );
  * Public API
  */
 
+Distance rofi_theme_get_distance ( const char *wclass, const char  *name, const char *state, const char *property, int def );
 int rofi_theme_get_integer   ( const char *wclass,  const char *name, const char *state,  const char *property, int def );
 int rofi_theme_get_boolean   ( const char *wclass,  const char *name, const char *state,  const char *property, int def );
 char *rofi_theme_get_string  ( const char *wclass,  const char *name, const char *state,  const char *property, char *def );
 double rofi_theme_get_double ( const char *wclass,  const char *name, const char *state,  const char *property, double def );
 void rofi_theme_get_color ( const char *wclass, const char  *name, const char *state, const char *property, cairo_t *d);
 Padding rofi_theme_get_padding ( const char *wclass, const char  *name, const char *state, const char *property, Padding pad );
+
+int distance_get_pixel ( Distance d );
 #endif
diff --git a/include/widgets/textbox.h b/include/widgets/textbox.h
index 15d2ef5d..14484a25 100644
--- a/include/widgets/textbox.h
+++ b/include/widgets/textbox.h
@@ -255,5 +255,6 @@ PangoAttrList *textbox_get_pango_attributes ( textbox *tb );
  * @returns the visible text.
  */
 const char *textbox_get_visible_text ( const textbox *tb );
+int distance_get_pixel ( Distance d );
 /*@}*/
 #endif //ROFI_TEXTBOX_H
diff --git a/lexer/theme-lexer.l b/lexer/theme-lexer.l
index 1288e07b..08aab7aa 100644
--- a/lexer/theme-lexer.l
+++ b/lexer/theme-lexer.l
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ WORD       [[:alnum:]-]+
 STRING     [[:print:]]+
 HEX        [[:xdigit:]]
 NUMBER     [[:digit:]]
+REAL       [[:digit:]]+(\.[[:digit:]]+)?
 PX         (px)
 EM         (em)
 NEWLINES   (\r|\n)+
@@ -106,14 +107,14 @@ if ( queue == NULL ){
 <PROPERTIES>{NUMBER}+\.{NUMBER}+ { yylval->fval = g_ascii_strtod(yytext, NULL); return T_DOUBLE;}
 <PROPERTIES>\"{STRING}\"         { yytext[yyleng-1] = '\0'; yylval->sval = g_strdup(&yytext[1]); return T_STRING;}
 
-<PROPERTIES>{NUMBER}+{PX}        {
-    yylval->distance.distance = (int)g_ascii_strtoll(yytext, NULL, 10);
-    yylval->distance.type     = PW_PX;
+<PROPERTIES>{REAL}{EM}        {
+    yylval->distance.distance = (double)g_ascii_strtod(yytext, NULL);
+    yylval->distance.type     = PW_EM;
     return T_PIXEL;
 }
-<PROPERTIES>{NUMBER}+{EM}        {
-    yylval->distance.distance = (int)g_ascii_strtoll(yytext, NULL, 10);
-    yylval->distance.type     = PW_EM;
+<PROPERTIES>{NUMBER}+{PX}        {
+    yylval->distance.distance = (double)g_ascii_strtoll(yytext, NULL, 10);
+    yylval->distance.type     = PW_PX;
     return T_PIXEL;
 }
 <PROPERTIES>#{HEX}{8}       {
diff --git a/source/theme.c b/source/theme.c
index f4dd9ffc..ce6e997e 100644
--- a/source/theme.c
+++ b/source/theme.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include "theme.h"
 #include "lexer/theme-parser.h"
 #include "helper.h"
+#include "widgets/textbox.h"
+
 void yyerror ( YYLTYPE *ylloc, const char *);
 
 Widget *rofi_theme_find_or_create_class ( Widget *base, const char *class )
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ static void rofi_theme_print_property_index ( int depth, Property *p )
                    (unsigned char)(p->value.color.blue*255.0));
            break;
         case P_PADDING:
-           printf("%d%s %d%s %d%s %d%s",
+           printf("%f%s %f%s %f%s %f%s",
                     p->value.padding.left.distance,
                     p->value.padding.left.type == PW_PX? "px":"em",
                     p->value.padding.right.distance,
@@ -250,6 +252,15 @@ int rofi_theme_get_integer ( const char *wclass, const char  *name, const char *
     }
     return def;
 }
+Distance rofi_theme_get_distance ( const char *wclass, const char  *name, const char *state, const char *property, int def )
+{
+    Widget *widget = rofi_theme_find_widget ( wclass, name, state );
+    Property *p = rofi_theme_find_property ( widget, P_PADDING, property );
+    if ( p ){
+        return p->value.padding.left;
+    }
+    return (Distance){def, PW_PX};
+}
 
 int rofi_theme_get_boolean ( const char *wclass, const char  *name, const char *state, const char *property, int def )
 {
@@ -302,3 +313,11 @@ Padding rofi_theme_get_padding ( const char *wclass, const char  *name, const ch
     }
     return pad;
 }
+
+int distance_get_pixel ( Distance d )
+{
+    if ( d.type == PW_EM ){
+        return d.distance*textbox_get_estimated_char_height();
+    }
+    return d.distance;
+}
diff --git a/source/widgets/box.c b/source/widgets/box.c
index a6d5187a..255f9b43 100644
--- a/source/widgets/box.c
+++ b/source/widgets/box.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ box * box_create ( const char *name, boxType type )
     b->widget.get_desired_height = box_get_desired_height;
     b->widget.enabled             = TRUE;
 
-    box_set_spacing ( b, rofi_theme_get_integer ( b->widget.class_name, b->widget.name, NULL, "spacing",config.line_margin ));
+    box_set_spacing ( b, distance_get_pixel (rofi_theme_get_distance ( b->widget.class_name, b->widget.name, NULL, "spacing",config.line_margin )));
     return b;
 }
 
diff --git a/source/widgets/listview.c b/source/widgets/listview.c
index 210f6f0e..19f3f305 100644
--- a/source/widgets/listview.c
+++ b/source/widgets/listview.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ listview *listview_create ( const char *name, listview_update_callback cb, void
     lv->udata    = udata;
 
     // Some settings.
-    lv->spacing      =    rofi_theme_get_integer (lv->widget.class_name, lv->widget.name, NULL,  "spacing", config.line_margin );
+    lv->spacing      =    distance_get_pixel (rofi_theme_get_distance (lv->widget.class_name, lv->widget.name, NULL,  "spacing", config.line_margin ));
     lv->menu_lines   =    rofi_theme_get_integer (lv->widget.class_name, lv->widget.name, NULL,  "lines",   config.menu_lines );
     lv->menu_columns =    rofi_theme_get_integer (lv->widget.class_name, lv->widget.name, NULL,  "columns", config.menu_columns);
     lv->fixed_num_lines = rofi_theme_get_boolean (lv->widget.class_name, lv->widget.name, NULL,  "fixed-height", config.fixed_num_lines );
diff --git a/source/widgets/widget.c b/source/widgets/widget.c
index 77c4cf2e..279c5f24 100644
--- a/source/widgets/widget.c
+++ b/source/widgets/widget.c
@@ -215,31 +215,19 @@ void widget_set_name ( widget *wid, const char *name )
 double textbox_get_estimated_char_height ( void );
 int widget_padding_get_left ( const widget *wid )
 {
-    if ( wid->pad.left.type == PW_EM ){
-        return wid->pad.left.distance*textbox_get_estimated_char_height();
-    }
-    return wid->pad.left.distance;
+    return distance_get_pixel ( wid->pad.left );
 }
 int widget_padding_get_right ( const widget *wid )
 {
-    if ( wid->pad.right.type == PW_EM ){
-        return wid->pad.right.distance*textbox_get_estimated_char_height();
-    }
-    return wid->pad.right.distance;
+    return distance_get_pixel ( wid->pad.right );
 }
 int widget_padding_get_top ( const widget *wid )
 {
-    if ( wid->pad.top.type == PW_EM ){
-        return wid->pad.top.distance*textbox_get_estimated_char_height();
-    }
-    return wid->pad.top.distance;
+    return distance_get_pixel ( wid->pad.top );
 }
 int widget_padding_get_bottom ( const widget *wid )
 {
-    if ( wid->pad.bottom.type == PW_EM ){
-        return wid->pad.bottom.distance*textbox_get_estimated_char_height();
-    }
-    return wid->pad.bottom.distance;
+    return distance_get_pixel ( wid->pad.bottom );
 }
 
 int widget_padding_get_remaining_width ( const widget *wid )