diff --git a/doom-modeline.el b/doom-modeline.el
index 45064e4..93f316f 100644
--- a/doom-modeline.el
+++ b/doom-modeline.el
@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@
 ;; Variables
 ;;
 
-(defvar doom-modeline-height 25
+(defvar doom-modeline-height (pcase system-type
+                               ('darwin 25)
+                               ('gnu/linux 30)
+                               ('windows-nt 40)
+                               (_ 26))
   "How tall the mode-line should be (only respected in GUI Emacs).")
 
 (defvar doom-modeline-bar-width 3