diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
index 3cff74208..926264e09 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ aside.quote {
     border-left: 5px solid darken(scale-color-diff(), 10%);
     background-color: scale-color-diff();
     color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 30%);
-    padding: 12px 12px 0 12px;
+    // IE will screw up the blockquote underneath if bottom padding is 0px
+    padding: 12px 12px 1px 12px;
     /* blockquote is underneath this and has top margin */
     .avatar { margin-right: 7px; }
     img { margin-top: -4px; }