diff --git a/components/TextFields/src/MDCTextField.m b/components/TextFields/src/MDCTextField.m
index 478295894d6..a01d45d79ec 100644
--- a/components/TextFields/src/MDCTextField.m
+++ b/components/TextFields/src/MDCTextField.m
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 // by this amount on each side.
 static const CGFloat MDCTextInputClearButtonImageBuiltInPadding = -2.5f;
 static const CGFloat MDCTextInputEditingRectRightViewPaddingCorrection = -2.f;
+static const CGFloat MDCTextInputTextRectYCorrection = 1.f;
 
 @interface MDCTextField () {
   UIColor *_cursorColor;
@@ -522,7 +523,7 @@ - (CGRect)textRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds {
       (CGRectGetHeight(bounds) / 2.f) - MDCRint(MAX(self.font.lineHeight,
                                                     self.placeholderLabel.font.lineHeight) /
                                                 2.f);  // Text field or placeholder
-  actualY = textInsets.top - actualY;
+  actualY = textInsets.top - actualY + MDCTextInputTextRectYCorrection;
   textRect.origin.y = actualY;
 
   if (self.mdf_effectiveUserInterfaceLayoutDirection == UIUserInterfaceLayoutDirectionRightToLeft) {