diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
index e1ea1d7a031..c19a2f82f74 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
@@ -542,7 +542,13 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
             // (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/design/accessibility/custom-automation-peers)
             if (const auto& interactivityAutoPeer = _interactivity.OnCreateAutomationPeer())
             {
-                _automationPeer = winrt::make<implementation::TermControlAutomationPeer>(this, interactivityAutoPeer);
+                auto margins{ SwapChainPanel().Margin() };
+
+                Core::Padding padding{ margins.Left,
+                                       margins.Top,
+                                       margins.Right,
+                                       margins.Bottom };
+                _automationPeer = winrt::make<implementation::TermControlAutomationPeer>(this, padding, interactivityAutoPeer);
                 return _automationPeer;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControlAutomationPeer.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControlAutomationPeer.cpp
index 7300644769d..3cfae1cceba 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControlAutomationPeer.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControlAutomationPeer.cpp
@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@ namespace XamlAutomation
 namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
 {
     TermControlAutomationPeer::TermControlAutomationPeer(TermControl* owner,
+                                                         const Core::Padding padding,
                                                          Control::InteractivityAutomationPeer impl) :
         TermControlAutomationPeerT<TermControlAutomationPeer>(*owner), // pass owner to FrameworkElementAutomationPeer
         _termControl{ owner },
         _contentAutomationPeer{ impl }
     {
         UpdateControlBounds();
-
+        SetControlPadding(padding);
         // Listen for UIA signalling events from the implementation. We need to
         // be the one to actually raise these automation events, so they go
         // through the UI tree correctly.
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControlAutomationPeer.h b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControlAutomationPeer.h
index 0b81ebafec5..e5a2cc7ff84 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControlAutomationPeer.h
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControlAutomationPeer.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
     {
     public:
         TermControlAutomationPeer(Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation::TermControl* owner,
+                                  const Core::Padding padding,
                                   Control::InteractivityAutomationPeer implementation);
 
         void UpdateControlBounds();