diff --git a/browser/ui/views/tabs/BUILD.gn b/browser/ui/views/tabs/BUILD.gn
index 4a5571d412b3..c95c6d2403ed 100644
--- a/browser/ui/views/tabs/BUILD.gn
+++ b/browser/ui/views/tabs/BUILD.gn
@@ -32,3 +32,23 @@ source_set("browser_tests") {
     ]
   }
 }
+
+source_set("unit_tests") {
+  testonly = true
+
+  sources = [
+    "//chrome/browser/ui/views/tabs/fake_tab_slot_controller.cc",
+    "//chrome/browser/ui/views/tabs/fake_tab_slot_controller.h",
+    "brave_tab_unittest.cc",
+  ]
+
+  deps = [
+    "//base",
+    "//brave/common",
+    "//chrome/browser/ui",
+    "//chrome/test:test_support",
+    "//content/test:test_support",
+    "//testing/gmock",
+    "//testing/gtest",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/browser/ui/views/tabs/brave_tab.cc b/browser/ui/views/tabs/brave_tab.cc
index cea0985f1aa5..d2c3ef18cefc 100644
--- a/browser/ui/views/tabs/brave_tab.cc
+++ b/browser/ui/views/tabs/brave_tab.cc
@@ -189,6 +189,17 @@ void BraveTab::UpdateIconVisibility() {
       showing_icon_ = !showing_alert_indicator_ && !showing_close_button_;
     }
   }
+
+  // Supplement extra left side padding by updating border.
+  // Upstream gives extra padding to balance with right side padding space but
+  // it's gone when tab doesn't have sufficient available width. In our case,
+  // As we have more narrow left & right padding than upstream, icon seems stick
+  // to left side when extra padding is not used.
+  // We only need to do that when |extra_padding_before_content_| is false.
+  // We update border here because |extra_padding_before_content_| is updated
+  // by Tab::UpdateIconVisibility(). After that layout happens. So, it's good
+  // time to update border now.
+  // UpdateBorder();
 }
 
 void BraveTab::OnLayerBoundsChanged(const gfx::Rect& old_bounds,
@@ -226,6 +237,25 @@ void BraveTab::Layout() {
   }
 }
 
+gfx::Insets BraveTab::GetInsets() const {
+  // Supplement extra left side padding.
+  // Upstream gives extra padding to balance with right side padding space but
+  // it's gone when tab doesn't have sufficient available width. In our case,
+  // As we have more narrow left & right padding than upstream, icon seems stick
+  // to left side when extra padding is not used.
+  // We only need to do that when |extra_padding_before_content_| is false.
+  int extra_left_padding = 0;
+
+  // Add extra padding if upstream tab doesn't have it.
+  if (!extra_padding_before_content_) {
+    extra_left_padding = kExtraLeftPadding;
+  }
+
+  auto insets = Tab::GetInsets();
+  insets.set_left(insets.left() + extra_left_padding);
+  return insets;
+}
+
 void BraveTab::ReorderChildLayers(ui::Layer* parent_layer) {
   Tab::ReorderChildLayers(parent_layer);
 
diff --git a/browser/ui/views/tabs/brave_tab.h b/browser/ui/views/tabs/brave_tab.h
index 3aab56da598e..f473dbd61e8b 100644
--- a/browser/ui/views/tabs/brave_tab.h
+++ b/browser/ui/views/tabs/brave_tab.h
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ class BraveTab : public Tab {
 
   void OnLayerBoundsChanged(const gfx::Rect& old_bounds,
                             ui::PropertyChangeReason reason) override;
+  gfx::Insets GetInsets() const override;
 
  private:
+  friend class BraveTabTest;
+
   bool IsAtMinWidthForVerticalTabStrip() const;
 
   void UpdateShadowForActiveTab();
@@ -57,6 +60,8 @@ class BraveTab : public Tab {
   std::unique_ptr<ui::Layer> shadow_layer_;
   gfx::FontList normal_font_;
   gfx::FontList active_tab_font_;
+
+  static constexpr int kExtraLeftPadding = 4;
 };
 
 #endif  // BRAVE_BROWSER_UI_VIEWS_TABS_BRAVE_TAB_H_
diff --git a/browser/ui/views/tabs/brave_tab_unittest.cc b/browser/ui/views/tabs/brave_tab_unittest.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dca4896c99a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser/ui/views/tabs/brave_tab_unittest.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023 The Brave Authors. All rights reserved.
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+// You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+#include "brave/browser/ui/views/tabs/brave_tab.h"
+#include "chrome/browser/ui/views/tabs/fake_tab_slot_controller.h"
+#include "chrome/test/views/chrome_views_test_base.h"
+#include "testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest.h"
+#include "ui/gfx/geometry/insets.h"
+#include "ui/gfx/geometry/rect.h"
+#include "ui/views/test/views_test_utils.h"
+
+class BraveTabTest : public ChromeViewsTestBase {
+ public:
+  BraveTabTest() = default;
+  ~BraveTabTest() override = default;
+
+  void LayoutAndCheckBorder(BraveTab* tab,
+                            const gfx::Rect& bounds,
+                            bool gave_extra_padding) {
+    tab->SetBoundsRect(bounds);
+    views::test::RunScheduledLayout(tab);
+
+    auto insets = tab->tab_style_views()->GetContentsInsets();
+    int left_inset = insets.left();
+    if (gave_extra_padding) {
+      left_inset += BraveTab::kExtraLeftPadding;
+    }
+    EXPECT_EQ(left_inset, tab->GetInsets().left());
+  }
+};
+
+TEST_F(BraveTabTest, ExtraPaddingLayoutTest) {
+  FakeTabSlotController tab_slot_controller;
+  BraveTab tab(&tab_slot_controller);
+
+  // Smaller width tab will be given extra padding.
+  LayoutAndCheckBorder(&tab, {0, 0, 30, 50}, true);
+  LayoutAndCheckBorder(&tab, {0, 0, 50, 50}, true);
+  LayoutAndCheckBorder(&tab, {0, 0, 100, 50}, false);
+  LayoutAndCheckBorder(&tab, {0, 0, 150, 50}, false);
+  LayoutAndCheckBorder(&tab, {0, 0, 30, 50}, true);
+}
diff --git a/test/BUILD.gn b/test/BUILD.gn
index 382f7da75e70..d85c641f8510 100644
--- a/test/BUILD.gn
+++ b/test/BUILD.gn
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ test("brave_unit_tests") {
       "//brave/browser/ui/commands:unit_tests",
       "//brave/browser/ui/toolbar:brave_app_menu_unit_test",
       "//brave/browser/ui/views/download/bubble:unit_tests",
+      "//brave/browser/ui/views/tabs:unit_tests",
       "//brave/browser/ui/webui/settings:unittests",
       "//brave/browser/ui/whats_new:unit_test",
       "//brave/components/brave_shields/common:mojom",