diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/checkbox/_checkbox.scss b/packages/components/src/components/checkbox/_checkbox.scss
index 0a912388e66e..705c7b91521d 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/checkbox/_checkbox.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/checkbox/_checkbox.scss
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 @mixin checkbox {
   // Spacing between checkboxes
   .#{$prefix}--form-item.#{$prefix}--checkbox-wrapper {
+    position: relative;
     margin-bottom: $carbon--spacing-02;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/styles/scss/components/checkbox/_checkbox.scss b/packages/styles/scss/components/checkbox/_checkbox.scss
index 715edb8eada1..16415ad7de76 100644
--- a/packages/styles/scss/components/checkbox/_checkbox.scss
+++ b/packages/styles/scss/components/checkbox/_checkbox.scss
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 @mixin checkbox {
   // Spacing between checkboxes
   .#{$prefix}--form-item.#{$prefix}--checkbox-wrapper {
+    position: relative;
     margin-bottom: $spacing-02;
   }