diff --git a/unpacked/jax/output/CommonHTML/jax.js b/unpacked/jax/output/CommonHTML/jax.js
index 7f4264830..ef306df97 100644
--- a/unpacked/jax/output/CommonHTML/jax.js
+++ b/unpacked/jax/output/CommonHTML/jax.js
@@ -1165,6 +1165,14 @@
         ]);
         node.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.appendChild(stack);
         node.firstChild.lastChild.appendChild(under);
+        if (ubox.d < 0) {
+          //
+          // For negative depths, set the height and align to top
+          // in order to avoid extra baseline space
+          //
+          under.firstChild.style.verticalAlign = "top";
+          under.style.height = ubox.h+ubox.d;
+        }
         //
         //  determine the spacing
         //