diff --git a/shell/Ui/PanelSectionHeader.qml b/shell/Ui/PanelSectionHeader.qml
index 249842b7..5559248e 100644
--- a/shell/Ui/PanelSectionHeader.qml
+++ b/shell/Ui/PanelSectionHeader.qml
@@ -15,4 +15,12 @@ Text {
   font.family: fontFamily
   font.pixelSize: fontSize
   font.bold: true
+
+  // Glyphs can paint above the box Text reserves for them: JetBrainsMono Nerd
+  // Font's outlines run 10% of the em past its own ascent, and a patched or
+  // user-chosen family can be worse. That sliver is invisible in normal flow,
+  // but a header sitting at the top of a clipping list — bluetooth's device
+  // list, network's station list — loses it to the clip and renders beheaded.
+  // Reserve the overshoot here so every panel is covered at once.
+  topPadding: Math.ceil(fontSize * 0.15)
 }