diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/List.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/List.java
index 9370f9788d..a85aaeeeec 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/List.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/List.java	
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ void setFont (NSFont font) {
 	super.setFont (font);
 	double ascent = font.ascender ();
 	double descent = -font.descender () + font.leading ();
-	((NSTableView)view).setRowHeight ((int)Math.ceil (ascent + descent) + 1);
+	((NSTableView)view).setRowHeight ((int)Math.ceil (ascent + descent) + ((OS.IS_X86_64) ? 1 : 8));
 	setScrollWidth();
 }