diff --git a/src/controls/Theme.qml b/src/controls/Theme.qml
--- a/src/controls/Theme.qml
+++ b/src/controls/Theme.qml
@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@
     property color complementaryFocusColor: "#2196F3"
 
     property font defaultFont: fontMetrics.font
+    property font smallFont: {
+        let font = fontMetrics.font
+        if (!!font.pixelSize) {
+            font.pixelSize =- 2
+        } else {
+            font.pointSize =- 2
+        }
+        return font
+    }
 
     property list<QtObject> children: [
         TextMetrics {
diff --git a/src/libkirigami/basictheme.cpp b/src/libkirigami/basictheme.cpp
--- a/src/libkirigami/basictheme.cpp
+++ b/src/libkirigami/basictheme.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,16 @@
     : PlatformTheme(parent)
 {
     //TODO: correct?
-    connect(qApp, &QGuiApplication::fontDatabaseChanged, this, [this]() {setDefaultFont(qApp->font());});
+    connect(qApp, &QGuiApplication::fontDatabaseChanged, this, [this] () {
+        setDefaultFont(qApp->font());
+        auto smallFont = qApp->font();
+        if (smallFont.pixelSize() != -1) {
+            smallFont.setPixelSize(smallFont.pixelSize()-2);
+        } else {
+            smallFont.setPointSize(smallFont.pointSize()-2);
+        }
+        setSmallFont(smallFont);
+    });
 
     //connect all the declarative object signals to the timer start to compress, use the old syntax as they are all signals defined in QML
     connect(basicThemeDeclarative()->instance(this), SIGNAL(textColorChanged()),
diff --git a/src/libkirigami/platformtheme.h b/src/libkirigami/platformtheme.h
--- a/src/libkirigami/platformtheme.h
+++ b/src/libkirigami/platformtheme.h
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@
 
     // font and palette
     Q_PROPERTY(QFont defaultFont READ defaultFont NOTIFY defaultFontChanged)
+
+    // small font
+    Q_PROPERTY(QFont smallFont READ smallFont NOTIFY defaultFontChanged)
+
     //Active palette
     Q_PROPERTY(QPalette palette READ palette NOTIFY paletteChanged)
 
@@ -230,6 +234,7 @@
     QColor hoverColor() const;
 
     QFont defaultFont() const;
+    QFont smallFont() const;
 
     //this may is used by the desktop QQC2 to set the styleoption palettes
     QPalette palette() const;
@@ -270,6 +275,7 @@
     //TODO: parameters to signals as this is also a c++ api
     void colorsChanged();
     void defaultFontChanged(const QFont &font);
+    void smallFontChanged(const QFont &font);
     void colorSetChanged(Kirigami::PlatformTheme::ColorSet colorSet);
     void colorGroupChanged(Kirigami::PlatformTheme::ColorGroup colorGroup);
     void paletteChanged(const QPalette &pal);
@@ -306,6 +312,7 @@
     void setHoverColor(const QColor &color);
 
     void setDefaultFont(const QFont &defaultFont);
+    void setSmallFont(const QFont &smallFont);
     void setPalette(const QPalette &palette);
 private:
     PlatformThemePrivate *d;
diff --git a/src/libkirigami/platformtheme.cpp b/src/libkirigami/platformtheme.cpp
--- a/src/libkirigami/platformtheme.cpp
+++ b/src/libkirigami/platformtheme.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@
     QPalette customPalette;
 
     QFont font;
+    QFont smallFont;
+
     bool m_inherit = true;
     bool m_init = true;
     bool m_supportsIconColoring = false;
@@ -614,6 +616,18 @@
     emit defaultFontChanged(font);
 }
 
+QFont PlatformTheme::smallFont() const
+{
+    return d->smallFont;
+}
+
+void PlatformTheme::setSmallFont(const QFont &font)
+{
+    if (d->smallFont != font) {
+        d->smallFont = font;
+        emit smallFontChanged(font);
+    }
+}
 
 #define PROPAGATECUSTOMCOLOR(colorName, color)\
             for (PlatformTheme *t : qAsConst(d->m_childThemes)) {\