diff --git a/backend/common.c b/backend/common.c
index 2c04b59f..5cd39a64 100644
--- a/backend/common.c
+++ b/backend/common.c
@@ -272,3 +272,25 @@ int utf8toutf16(struct zint_symbol *symbol, const unsigned char source[], int va
     return error_number;
 }
 
+void set_minimum_height(struct zint_symbol *symbol, int min_height) {
+    /* Enforce minimum permissable height of rows */
+    int fixed_height = 0;
+    int zero_count = 0;
+    int i;
+    
+    for (i = 0; i < symbol->rows; i++) {
+        fixed_height += symbol->row_height[i];
+        
+        if (symbol->row_height[i] == 0) {
+            zero_count++;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    if (((symbol->height - fixed_height) / zero_count) < min_height) {
+        for (i = 0; i < symbol->rows; i++) {
+            if (symbol->row_height[i] == 0) {
+                symbol->row_height[i] = min_height;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/common.h b/backend/common.h
index 03554ad4..9d3ec7fd 100644
--- a/backend/common.h
+++ b/backend/common.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ extern "C" {
     extern double froundup(const double input);
     extern int parunmodd(const unsigned char llyth);
     extern int utf8toutf16(struct zint_symbol *symbol, const unsigned char source[], int vals[], int *length);
+    extern void set_minimum_height(struct zint_symbol *symbol, int min_height);
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif /* __cplusplus */
diff --git a/backend/rss.c b/backend/rss.c
index 7a83a966..4b362f20 100644
--- a/backend/rss.c
+++ b/backend/rss.c
@@ -514,6 +514,8 @@ int rss14(struct zint_symbol *symbol, unsigned char source[], int src_len) {
         hrt[13] = itoc(check_digit);
 
         strcat((char*) symbol->text, hrt);
+        
+        set_minimum_height(symbol, 14); // Minimum height is 14X for truncated symbol
     }
 
     if ((symbol->symbology == BARCODE_RSS14STACK) || (symbol->symbology == BARCODE_RSS14STACK_CC)) {
@@ -716,6 +718,8 @@ int rss14(struct zint_symbol *symbol, unsigned char source[], int src_len) {
             }
         }
         symbol->rows = symbol->rows + 1;
+        
+        set_minimum_height(symbol, 33);
     }
 
 
@@ -1042,6 +1046,8 @@ int rsslimited(struct zint_symbol *symbol, unsigned char source[], int src_len)
     hrt[14] = '\0';
 
     strcat((char*) symbol->text, hrt);
+    
+    set_minimum_height(symbol, 10);
 
     return error_number;
 }
@@ -2501,6 +2507,12 @@ int rssexpanded(struct zint_symbol *symbol, unsigned char source[], int src_len)
         }
 
     }
+    
+    for (i = 0; i < symbol->rows; i++) {
+        if (symbol->row_height[i] == 0) {
+            symbol->row_height[i] = 34;
+        }
+    }
 
     return 0;
 }