diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/dream_overlay_complication_clock_date.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/dream_overlay_complication_clock_date.xml
index 91d81a2b0b2f1..cb63300f819b5 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/dream_overlay_complication_clock_date.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/dream_overlay_complication_clock_date.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     android:id="@+id/date_view"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+    android:paddingHorizontal="@dimen/dream_overlay_complication_shadow_padding"
     android:gravity="center_horizontal"
     android:textColor="@android:color/white"
     android:shadowColor="@color/keyguard_shadow_color"
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/dream_overlay_complication_weather.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/dream_overlay_complication_weather.xml
index 3900ea56dda38..76fe58c298527 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/dream_overlay_complication_weather.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/dream_overlay_complication_weather.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     android:id="@+id/weather_view"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+    android:paddingHorizontal="@dimen/dream_overlay_complication_shadow_padding"
     android:textColor="@android:color/white"
     android:shadowColor="@color/keyguard_shadow_color"
     android:shadowRadius="?attr/shadowRadius"
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
index 512f9160162c7..826b673384a00 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
@@ -1379,6 +1379,7 @@
     <dimen name="dream_overlay_complication_weather_text_size">18sp</dimen>
     <dimen name="dream_overlay_complication_preview_text_size">36sp</dimen>
     <dimen name="dream_overlay_complication_preview_icon_padding">28dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="dream_overlay_complication_shadow_padding">2dp</dimen>
 
     <!-- The position of the end guide, which dream overlay complications can align their start with
          if their end is aligned with the parent end. Represented as the percentage over from the