diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCaseBreadcrumbs.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCaseBreadcrumbs.cs
index 20bdd6736c..e3cef06f2f 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCaseBreadcrumbs.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCaseBreadcrumbs.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
 using NUnit.Framework;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
@@ -10,10 +12,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
     [TestFixture]
     public class TestCaseBreadcrumbs : OsuTestCase
     {
+        private readonly BreadcrumbControl<BreadcrumbTab> breadcrumbs;
+
         public TestCaseBreadcrumbs()
         {
-            BreadcrumbControl<BreadcrumbTab> c;
-            Add(c = new BreadcrumbControl<BreadcrumbTab>
+
+            Add(breadcrumbs = new BreadcrumbControl<BreadcrumbTab>
             {
                 Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
                 Origin = Anchor.Centre,
@@ -21,9 +25,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
                 Width = 0.5f,
             });
 
-            AddStep(@"first", () => c.Current.Value = BreadcrumbTab.Click);
-            AddStep(@"second", () => c.Current.Value = BreadcrumbTab.The);
-            AddStep(@"third", () => c.Current.Value = BreadcrumbTab.Circles);
+            AddStep(@"first", () => breadcrumbs.Current.Value = BreadcrumbTab.Click);
+            AddStep(@"second", () => breadcrumbs.Current.Value = BreadcrumbTab.The);
+            AddStep(@"third", () => breadcrumbs.Current.Value = BreadcrumbTab.Circles);
+        }
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(OsuColour colours)
+        {
+            breadcrumbs.StripColour = colours.Blue;
         }
 
         private enum BreadcrumbTab
diff --git a/osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterface/BreadcrumbControl.cs b/osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterface/BreadcrumbControl.cs
index 5ee0aba9cf..7f30bd715a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterface/BreadcrumbControl.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterface/BreadcrumbControl.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface
 
         protected override TabItem<T> CreateTabItem(T value) => new BreadcrumbTabItem(value);
 
+        protected override float StripWidth() => base.StripWidth() - (padding + 8);
+
         public BreadcrumbControl()
         {
             Height = 26;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterface/OsuTabControl.cs b/osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterface/OsuTabControl.cs
index 89188b29d7..1624b255e0 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterface/OsuTabControl.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterface/OsuTabControl.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface
         protected override TabItem<T> CreateTabItem(T value) => new OsuTabItem(value);
 
         protected virtual float StripWidth() => TabContainer.Children.Sum(c => c.IsPresent ? c.DrawWidth + TabContainer.Spacing.X : 0) - TabContainer.Spacing.X;
+        protected virtual float StripHeight() => 1;
 
         private static bool isEnumType => typeof(T).IsEnum;
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface
             {
                 Anchor = Anchor.BottomLeft,
                 Origin = Anchor.BottomLeft,
-                Height = 1,
+                Height = StripHeight(),
                 Colour = Color4.White.Opacity(0),
             });