diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/configtypes.py b/qutebrowser/config/configtypes.py
index 4773a1038..ae7fed04e 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/configtypes.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/configtypes.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import codecs
 import os.path
 import sre_constants
 import itertools
+import collections
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QUrl
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QColor, QFont
@@ -1123,6 +1124,41 @@ class FuzzyUrl(BaseType):
             return urlutils.fuzzy_url(value, do_search=False)
 
 
+PaddingValues = collections.namedtuple('PaddingValues', ['top', 'bottom',
+                                                         'left', 'right'])
+
+
+class Padding(IntList):
+
+    """Setting for paddings around elements."""
+
+    def validate(self, value):
+        self._basic_validation(value)
+        if not value:
+            return
+        try:
+            vals = self.transform(value)
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
+            raise configexc.ValidationError(value, "must be a list of 1 or 4 "
+                                            "integers!")
+        if None in vals and not self.none_ok:
+            raise configexc.ValidationError(value, "items may not be empty!")
+        elems = self.transform(value)
+        if any(e is not None and e < 0 for e in elems):
+            raise configexc.ValidationError(value, "Values need to be "
+                                            "positive!")
+
+    def transform(self, value):
+        elems = super().transform(value)
+        if elems is None:
+            return elems
+        if len(elems) == 1:
+            val = elems[0]
+            return PaddingValues(val, val, val, val)
+        else:
+            return PaddingValues(*elems)
+
+
 class Encoding(BaseType):
 
     """Setting for a python encoding."""
diff --git a/tests/config/test_configtypes.py b/tests/config/test_configtypes.py
index 19491a0af..4219218b1 100644
--- a/tests/config/test_configtypes.py
+++ b/tests/config/test_configtypes.py
@@ -1549,6 +1549,55 @@ class TestFuzzyUrl:
         assert klass().transform(val) == expected
 
 
+class TestPadding:
+
+    """Test Padding."""
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def klass(self):
+        return configtypes.Padding
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('val', [
+        '',
+        '0',
+        '5',
+        '1,,2,3',
+        '1,2,3,4',
+        '1, 2, 3, 4',
+    ])
+    def test_validate_valid(self, klass, val):
+        klass(none_ok=True).validate(val)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('val', [
+        '',
+        '1,,2,3',
+        '0.5',
+        '-1',
+        '1,2',
+        '1,2,3',
+        '1,2,3,4,5',
+        '1,2,-1,3',
+    ])
+    def test_validate_invalid(self, klass, val):
+        with pytest.raises(configexc.ValidationError):
+            klass().validate(val)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('val, expected', [
+        ('', None),
+        ('5', (5, 5, 5, 5)),
+        ('1,2,3,4', (1, 2, 3, 4)),
+    ])
+    def test_transform(self, klass, val, expected):
+        """Test transforming of values."""
+        transformed = klass().transform(val)
+        assert transformed == expected
+        if expected is not None:
+            assert transformed.top == expected[0]
+            assert transformed.bottom == expected[1]
+            assert transformed.left == expected[2]
+            assert transformed.right == expected[3]
+
+
 class TestAutoSearch:
 
     """Test AutoSearch."""