diff --git a/src/components/Input/README.md b/src/components/Input/README.md
index 6edd604..6707f7a 100644
--- a/src/components/Input/README.md
+++ b/src/components/Input/README.md
@@ -43,3 +43,8 @@ An autoresizeable textarea:
 ```js
 <Input label="Multiline autoresizeable textarea" value="This is a value" type="multiline" resize="auto" />
 ```
+
+An autoresizeable textarea with custom initial number of rows:
+```js
+<Input label="Multiline autoresizeable textarea" value="This is a value" type="multiline" resize="auto" rows="1" />
+```
diff --git a/src/components/Input/__snapshots__/input.spec.js.snap b/src/components/Input/__snapshots__/input.spec.js.snap
index a78a678..adc8fdc 100644
--- a/src/components/Input/__snapshots__/input.spec.js.snap
+++ b/src/components/Input/__snapshots__/input.spec.js.snap
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ exports[`Input autoresizing works correctly 1`] = `
       onKeyPress={[Function]}
       onKeyUp={[Function]}
       readOnly={false}
+      rows={2}
       tabIndex={0}
       value="This is some value"
     >
@@ -97,9 +98,10 @@ exports[`Input autoresizing works correctly 2`] = `
       onKeyPress={[Function]}
       onKeyUp={[Function]}
       readOnly={false}
+      rows={2}
       style={
         Object {
-          "height": "0px",
+          "height": "98px",
         }
       }
       tabIndex={0}
diff --git a/src/components/Input/index.js b/src/components/Input/index.js
index 519b9cb..2936f86 100644
--- a/src/components/Input/index.js
+++ b/src/components/Input/index.js
@@ -169,8 +169,12 @@ class Input extends React.Component {
   handleAutoResize() {
     // height has to be reset first because if not it keeps increasing every time user will type a character
     // setting actual height must be done in setState callback, because React might optimize this into one setState call
+    // scrollHeight includes padding, we need to compensate this
+    // keep value in sync with padding-bottom in .wds-input__field styles
+    const BOTTOM_PADDING = 2;
+
     this.setState({dynamicTextareaHeight: 'auto'}, () => {
-      this.setState({dynamicTextareaHeight: `${this.input.scrollHeight}px`});
+      this.setState({dynamicTextareaHeight: `${this.input.scrollHeight - BOTTOM_PADDING}px`});
     });
 
     // to prevent scroll jumping
@@ -180,12 +184,11 @@ class Input extends React.Component {
   renderMultiline() {
     const props = {
       ...this.getSharedInputProps(),
+      rows: this.props.rows,
     };
 
     if (this.isAutoResize()) {
       props.onInput = this.handleAutoResize;
-    } else {
-      props.rows = this.props.rows;
     }
 
     if (this.state.dynamicTextareaHeight) {
@@ -291,7 +294,7 @@ Input.propTypes = {
   /**
    * Initial number of rows
    *
-   * **Note**: This prop only makes sense for multiline inputs.  Does not work when `resize="auto"` is set
+   * **Note**: This prop only makes sense for multiline inputs.
    */
   rows: PropTypes.number,
   /**
diff --git a/src/components/Input/input.spec.js b/src/components/Input/input.spec.js
index 895de94..cf807bd 100644
--- a/src/components/Input/input.spec.js
+++ b/src/components/Input/input.spec.js
@@ -140,9 +140,14 @@ test('Input autoresizing works correctly', () => {
 
   expect(component).toMatchSnapshot();
 
-  const textrea = component.find('textarea');
+  const textarea = component.find('textarea');
 
-  textrea.simulate('input', {target: {value: 'This is value to test \n if autoresizing works'}});
+  // because scrollHeight is a getter
+  Object.defineProperty(textarea.getDOMNode(), 'scrollHeight', {
+    value: 100,
+  });
+
+  textarea.simulate('input', {target: {value: 'This is value to test \n if autoresizing works'}});
 
   expect(component).toMatchSnapshot();
 });
diff --git a/src/components/Input/styles.scss b/src/components/Input/styles.scss
index 90430b8..139ca39 100644
--- a/src/components/Input/styles.scss
+++ b/src/components/Input/styles.scss
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 		font-size: $wds-typescale-size-base;
 		line-height: 1em;
 		padding: 0;
+		// keep value in sync with `BOTTOM_PADDING` from Input component
 		padding-bottom: 2px;
 		resize: none;
 		width: 100%;