diff --git a/collects/scribble/latex-render.rkt b/collects/scribble/latex-render.rkt
index 1ea4e37e..64c07710 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/latex-render.rkt
+++ b/collects/scribble/latex-render.rkt
@@ -258,7 +258,9 @@
                                   => (lambda (bstr+info+suffix)
                                        (let* ([bstr (list-ref (list-ref bstr+info+suffix 0) 0)]
                                               [suffix (list-ref bstr+info+suffix 1)]
-                                              [descent (list-ref (list-ref bstr+info+suffix 0) 3)]
+                                              [height (list-ref (list-ref bstr+info+suffix 0) 2)]
+                                              [descent (+ (list-ref (list-ref bstr+info+suffix 0) 3)
+                                                          (- (ceiling height) height))]
                                               [fn (install-file (format "pict~a" suffix) bstr)])
                                          (if descent
                                              (printf "\\raisebox{-~apx}{\\includegraphics{~a}}" descent fn)