diff --git a/scss/_list-group.scss b/scss/_list-group.scss
index e060c41819..d7e2ec5c16 100644
--- a/scss/_list-group.scss
+++ b/scss/_list-group.scss
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 
 .list-group-item-heading {
   margin-top: 0;
-  margin-bottom: 5px;
+  margin-bottom: $list-group-item-heading-margin-bottom;
 }
 .list-group-item-text {
   margin-bottom: 0;
diff --git a/scss/_variables.scss b/scss/_variables.scss
index 637c62d8e1..fca83c6f49 100644
--- a/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -730,8 +730,9 @@ $list-group-link-color:         #555 !default;
 $list-group-link-hover-color:   $list-group-link-color !default;
 $list-group-link-heading-color: #333 !default;
 
-$list-group-item-padding-x:     1.25rem !default;
-$list-group-item-padding-y:     .75rem !default;
+$list-group-item-padding-x:             1.25rem !default;
+$list-group-item-padding-y:             .75rem !default;
+$list-group-item-heading-margin-bottom: 5px !default;
 
 
 // Image thumbnails