diff --git a/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/css/editor-blocks.css b/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/css/editor-blocks.css
index 6b6bd47220..d32bad64f7 100644
--- a/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/css/editor-blocks.css
+++ b/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/css/editor-blocks.css
@@ -726,6 +726,10 @@ table.wp-block-table td:last-child {
 	white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
+.wp-block-button .wp-block-button__link[data-is-placeholder-visible=true] {
+    height: auto;
+}
+
 .wp-block-button__link {
 	background-color: #222;
 	color: #fff;