diff --git a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationItem.qml b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationItem.qml
--- a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationItem.qml
+++ b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationItem.qml
@@ -111,21 +111,25 @@
 
     spacing: units.smallSpacing
 
-    NotificationHeader {
-        id: notificationHeading
-        Layout.fillWidth: true
-        Layout.leftMargin: notificationItem.headingLeftPadding
-        Layout.rightMargin: notificationItem.headingRightPadding
+    PlasmaContents.TopArea{
+        bottomInset: thumbnailTopPadding / 2
+        
+        NotificationHeader {
+            id: notificationHeading
+            Layout.fillWidth: true
+            Layout.leftMargin: notificationItem.headingLeftPadding
+            Layout.rightMargin: notificationItem.headingRightPadding
 
-        inGroup: notificationItem.inGroup
+            inGroup: notificationItem.inGroup
 
-        notificationType: notificationItem.notificationType
-        jobState: notificationItem.jobState
-        jobDetails: notificationItem.jobDetails
+            notificationType: notificationItem.notificationType
+            jobState: notificationItem.jobState
+            jobDetails: notificationItem.jobDetails
 
-        onConfigureClicked: notificationItem.configureClicked()
-        onDismissClicked: notificationItem.dismissClicked()
-        onCloseClicked: notificationItem.closeClicked()
+            onConfigureClicked: notificationItem.configureClicked()
+            onDismissClicked: notificationItem.dismissClicked()
+            onCloseClicked: notificationItem.closeClicked()
+        }
     }
 
     RowLayout {
diff --git a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationPopup.qml b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationPopup.qml
--- a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationPopup.qml
+++ b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationPopup.qml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
             NotificationItem {
                 id: notificationItem
                 // let the item bleed into the dialog margins so the close button margins cancel out
-                y: closable || dismissable || configurable ? -notificationPopup.margins.top : 0
+                y: closable || dismissable || configurable ? -notificationPopup.margins.top / 2 : 0
                 headingRightPadding: -notificationPopup.margins.right
                 width: parent.width
                 hovered: area.containsMouse