diff --git a/data/stylesheet.appdata.xml.in b/data/stylesheet.appdata.xml.in
index 48de45283..c1e6a6e77 100644
--- a/data/stylesheet.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/stylesheet.appdata.xml.in
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
       <description>
         <ul>
           <li>Drop obsolete panel styles</li>
+          <li>Fix spacing of labels inside of modelbuttons</li>
         </ul>
       </description>
     </release>
diff --git a/elementary/gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css b/elementary/gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css
index ea3c32cb6..889428e88 100644
--- a/elementary/gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css
+++ b/elementary/gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css
@@ -2076,7 +2076,7 @@ notebook header > tabs > arrow.up {
 
 menuitem image,
 menuitem label,
-modelbutton label,
+modelbutton > *,
 .menuitem image,
 .menuitem label {
     padding: 3px;