diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_friends.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_friends.xml
index 8129f5d53c..4e4abb7f28 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_friends.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_friends.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
         app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
         app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
         app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+        android:paddingTop="@dimen/list_vertical_padding"
+        android:paddingBottom="@dimen/list_vertical_padding"
+        android:clipToPadding="false"
         android:layout_width="0dp"
         android:layout_height="0dp" />
 
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
index bb5be1c070..d40132939b 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
@@ -37,4 +37,6 @@
     <dimen name="header_hifi_height">101dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="header_hifi_width">425dp</dimen>
 
+    <dimen name="list_vertical_padding">8dp</dimen>
+
 </resources>