diff -Naur grub-new8/grub-core/gfxmenu/gui_list.c grub-new9/grub-core/gfxmenu/gui_list.c
--- grub-new8/grub-core/gfxmenu/gui_list.c	2013-07-19 19:52:28.168444172 +0400
+++ grub-new9/grub-core/gfxmenu/gui_list.c	2013-07-19 21:51:11.718382023 +0400
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@
   int scrollbar_thumb_bottom_offset;
   int scrollbar_width;
   int scrollbar_slice;
+  int scrollbar_left_pad;
+  int scrollbar_right_pad;
+  int scrollbar_top_pad;
+  int scrollbar_bottom_pad;
 
   int first_shown_index;
 
@@ -190,17 +194,27 @@
           int thumb_bottom = - frame_bottom_pad
                              + self->scrollbar_thumb_bottom_offset;
 
-          /* Check offset sanity.  */
+          /* The height of the space for the scrollbar thumb.  */
           int real_height = scrollbar_height - thumb_top + thumb_bottom;
+
+          /* Check vertical composition sanity.  */
           if (thumb_top < 0 || thumb_bottom > 0
-              || real_height < thumb_vertical_pad)
+              || real_height - self->scrollbar_top_pad
+                 - self->scrollbar_bottom_pad < thumb_vertical_pad)
             {
+              self->scrollbar_top_pad = 0;
+              self->scrollbar_bottom_pad = 0;
               self->scrollbar_thumb_top_offset = 0;
               self->scrollbar_thumb_bottom_offset = 0;
               real_height = scrollbar_height - frame_vertical_pad;
             }
+          else
+            {
+              real_height -= self->scrollbar_top_pad
+                             + self->scrollbar_bottom_pad;
+            }
 
-          /* Sanity checks themselves. */
+          /* Sanity check. */
           if (self->scrollbar_width < frame_horizontal_pad
                                       + thumb_horizontal_pad
               || real_height < thumb_vertical_pad)
@@ -209,16 +223,37 @@
               return 0;
             }
 
-          /* Checks for scrollbar_slice option.  */
-          if (self->scrollbar_slice == SCROLLBAR_SLICE_CENTER)
+          /* Count the width of the menu.  */
+          unsigned min_menu_width, min_menu_height;
+          list_get_minimal_size (self, &min_menu_width, &min_menu_height);
+          int min_total_width = (int) min_menu_width + self->scrollbar_width;
+          int scrollbar_space = 0;
+          switch (self->scrollbar_slice)
+            {
+              case SCROLLBAR_SLICE_WEST:
+                scrollbar_space = self->scrollbar_right_pad;
+                break;
+              case SCROLLBAR_SLICE_CENTER:
+                scrollbar_space = self->scrollbar_left_pad
+                                   + self->scrollbar_right_pad;
+                break;
+              case SCROLLBAR_SLICE_EAST:
+                scrollbar_space = self->scrollbar_left_pad;
+                break;
+            }
+
+          /* Check horizontal composition sanity.  */
+          if (min_total_width + scrollbar_space > (int) self->bounds.width)
+            {
+              self->scrollbar_left_pad = 0;
+              self->scrollbar_right_pad = 0;
+            }
+
+          /* Sanity check.  */
+          if (min_total_width > (int) self->bounds.width)
             {
-              unsigned min_menu_width, min_menu_height;
-              list_get_minimal_size (self, &min_menu_width, &min_menu_height);
-              if ((int) min_menu_width + self->scrollbar_width > (int) self->bounds.width)
-                {
-                  self->draw_scrollbar = 0;
-                  return 0;
-                }
+              self->draw_scrollbar = 0;
+              return 0;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -302,7 +337,7 @@
                            scrollbar_width - frame_horizontal_pad,
                            tracklen);
   tracklen += - self->scrollbar_thumb_top_offset
-                  + self->scrollbar_thumb_bottom_offset;
+              + self->scrollbar_thumb_bottom_offset;
   int thumby;
   int thumbheight = tracklen * extent / (max - min) + 1;
   if (thumbheight >= thumb_vertical_pad)
@@ -472,13 +507,14 @@
     box->set_content_size (box, content_rect.width, content_rect.height);
 
     scrollbar_rect.width = scrollbar_width;
-    scrollbar_rect.y = content_rect.y;
-    scrollbar_rect.height = content_rect.height;
+    scrollbar_rect.y = content_rect.y + self->scrollbar_top_pad;
+    scrollbar_rect.height = content_rect.height - self->scrollbar_top_pad
+                            - self->scrollbar_bottom_pad;
     switch (self->scrollbar_slice)
       {
         case SCROLLBAR_SLICE_WEST:
-          content_rect.x += 2;
-          content_rect.width -= 2;
+          content_rect.x += self->scrollbar_right_pad;
+          content_rect.width -= self->scrollbar_right_pad;
           scrollbar_rect.x = box_left_pad - scrollbar_width;
           if (scrollbar_width > box_left_pad)
             {
@@ -487,14 +523,15 @@
             }
           break;
         case SCROLLBAR_SLICE_CENTER:
-          content_rect.width -= 2;
           if (drawing_scrollbar)
-            content_rect.width -= scrollbar_width;
+            content_rect.width -= scrollbar_width
+                                  + self->scrollbar_left_pad
+                                  + self->scrollbar_right_pad;
           scrollbar_rect.x = self->bounds.width - box_right_pad
-                             - scrollbar_width;
+                             - scrollbar_width - self->scrollbar_right_pad;
           break;
         case SCROLLBAR_SLICE_EAST:
-          content_rect.width -= 2;
+          content_rect.width -= self->scrollbar_left_pad;
           scrollbar_rect.x = self->bounds.width - box_right_pad;
           if (scrollbar_width > box_right_pad)
             scrollbar_rect.width = box_right_pad;
@@ -717,6 +754,22 @@
       else if (grub_strcmp (value, "east") == 0)
         self->scrollbar_slice = SCROLLBAR_SLICE_EAST;
     }
+  else if (grub_strcmp (name, "scrollbar_left_pad") == 0)
+    {
+      self->scrollbar_left_pad = grub_strtoul (value, 0, 10);
+    }
+  else if (grub_strcmp (name, "scrollbar_right_pad") == 0)
+    {
+      self->scrollbar_right_pad = grub_strtoul (value, 0, 10);
+    }
+  else if (grub_strcmp (name, "scrollbar_top_pad") == 0)
+    {
+      self->scrollbar_top_pad = grub_strtoul (value, 0, 10);
+    }
+  else if (grub_strcmp (name, "scrollbar_bottom_pad") == 0)
+    {
+      self->scrollbar_bottom_pad = grub_strtoul (value, 0, 10);
+    }
   else if (grub_strcmp (name, "scrollbar") == 0)
     {
       self->draw_scrollbar = grub_strcmp (value, "false") != 0;
@@ -825,6 +878,10 @@
   self->scrollbar_thumb_bottom_offset = 0;
   self->scrollbar_width = 16;
   self->scrollbar_slice = SCROLLBAR_SLICE_EAST;
+  self->scrollbar_left_pad = 2;
+  self->scrollbar_right_pad = 0;
+  self->scrollbar_top_pad = 0;
+  self->scrollbar_bottom_pad = 0;
 
   self->first_shown_index = 0;