diff --git a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/BlogPostViewHolder.java b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/BlogPostViewHolder.java
index 5da03b132..85457f16f 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/BlogPostViewHolder.java
+++ b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/BlogPostViewHolder.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.UiThread;
 import androidx.core.view.ViewCompat;
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;
 
+import static android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
 import static android.view.View.GONE;
 import static android.view.View.VISIBLE;
 import static org.briarproject.briar.android.activity.BriarActivity.GROUP_ID;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class BlogPostViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
 	private final TextView text;
 	private final ViewGroup commentContainer;
 	private final boolean fullText, authorClickable;
+	private final int padding;
 
 	private final OnBlogPostClickListener listener;
 
@@ -61,6 +63,8 @@ class BlogPostViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
 		reblogButton = v.findViewById(R.id.commentView);
 		text = v.findViewById(R.id.textView);
 		commentContainer = v.findViewById(R.id.commentContainer);
+		padding = ctx.getResources()
+				.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.listitem_vertical_margin);
 	}
 
 	void hideReblogButton() {
@@ -129,6 +133,12 @@ class BlogPostViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
 		} else {
 			reblogger.setVisibility(GONE);
 		}
+
+		// Apply Android 4 padding fix after setting up author/reblogger views
+		if (SDK_INT < 21) {
+			reblogger.setPadding(padding, padding, padding, padding);
+			author.setPadding(padding, padding, padding, padding);
+		}
 	}
 
 	private void onBindComment(BlogCommentItem item, boolean authorClickable) {
diff --git a/briar-android/src/main/res/layout/list_item_blog_comment.xml b/briar-android/src/main/res/layout/list_item_blog_comment.xml
index b6bb9b702..732a48b7b 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/main/res/layout/list_item_blog_comment.xml
+++ b/briar-android/src/main/res/layout/list_item_blog_comment.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
 		android:layout_width="0dp"
 		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 		android:paddingStart="@dimen/listitem_vertical_margin"
+		android:paddingLeft="@dimen/listitem_vertical_margin"
 		android:paddingEnd="@dimen/listitem_vertical_margin"
+		android:paddingRight="@dimen/listitem_vertical_margin"
 		android:paddingBottom="@dimen/listitem_vertical_margin"
 		android:textColor="?android:attr/textColorSecondary"
 		android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_small"