diff --git a/src/components/content/content.ts b/src/components/content/content.ts
index 6e9fa189989..d44135736ff 100644
--- a/src/components/content/content.ts
+++ b/src/components/content/content.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ export class Content extends Ion implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
   /** @internal */
   _tTop: number;
   /** @internal */
+  _fTop: number;
+  /** @internal */
+  _fBottom: number;
+  /** @internal */
   _inputPolling: boolean = false;
   /** @internal */
   _scroll: ScrollView;
@@ -569,6 +573,8 @@ export class Content extends Ion implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
     this._ftrHeight = 0;
     this._tabsPlacement = null;
     this._tTop = 0;
+    this._fTop = 0;
+    this._fBottom = 0;
 
     let ele: HTMLElement = this._elementRef.nativeElement;
     if (!ele) {
@@ -646,6 +652,10 @@ export class Content extends Ion implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
       this._cBottom += this._tabbarHeight;
     }
 
+    // Fixed content shouldn't include content padding
+    this._fTop = this._cTop;
+    this._fBottom = this._cBottom;
+
     // Handle fullscreen viewport (padding vs margin)
     if (this._fullscreen) {
       this._cTop += this._pTop;
@@ -706,8 +716,8 @@ export class Content extends Ion implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
     // Handle fullscreen viewport (padding vs margin)
     let topProperty = 'marginTop';
     let bottomProperty = 'marginBottom';
-    let fixedTop: number = this._cTop;
-    let fixedBottom: number = this._cBottom;
+    let fixedTop: number = this._fTop;
+    let fixedBottom: number = this._fBottom;
 
     if (this._fullscreen) {
       assert(this._pTop >= 0, '_paddingTop has to be positive');
diff --git a/src/components/nav/test/basic/app-module.ts b/src/components/nav/test/basic/app-module.ts
index 3f94ffd1156..9807f23595e 100644
--- a/src/components/nav/test/basic/app-module.ts
+++ b/src/components/nav/test/basic/app-module.ts
@@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ export class FullPage {
       <p><button ion-button id="remove" (click)="removeSecond()">Remove second page in history</button></p>
       <div class="yellow"><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div><div f></div></div>
 
-      <button ion-button ion-fixed (click)="presentAlert()">fixed button (alert)</button>
-      <div ion-fixed style="position: absolute; pointer-events: none; top:10px; bottom:10px; right:10px; width:50%; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);"></div>
+      <button ion-button ion-fixed no-margin color="danger" (click)="presentAlert()">fixed button (alert)</button>
+      <div ion-fixed style="position: absolute; pointer-events: none; top:0; bottom:0; right:0; width:50%; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);"></div>
     </ion-content>
     <ion-footer>
       <ion-toolbar no-border-bottom>