diff --git a/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.scss b/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.scss
index afb9ce6b0bf59c..ba59d87e374218 100644
--- a/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.scss
+++ b/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.scss
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ $ContextualMenu-background: $ms-color-white;
 $ContextualMenu-itemHover: $ms-color-neutralLighter;
 $ContextualMenu-expandedItemBackground: $ms-color-neutralQuaternaryAlt;
 $ContextualMenu-itemHeight: 36px;
-$ContextualMenu-iconWidth: 24px;
+$ContextualMenu-iconWidth: 14px;
 
 .ms-ContextualMenu {
   background-color: $ContextualMenu-background;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ $ContextualMenu-iconWidth: 24px;
   background: none;
   border: none;
   margin: 0;
-  padding: 0 8px;
+  padding: 0 4px;
   min-width: 100%;
   height: $ContextualMenu-itemHeight;
   line-height: $ContextualMenu-itemHeight;
@@ -68,23 +68,17 @@ $ContextualMenu-iconWidth: 24px;
   position: relative;
 }
 
-.ms-ContextualMenu-checkmark {
-  display: inline-block;
-  min-height: 1px;
-  width: $ContextualMenu-iconWidth;
-  text-align: center;
-}
-
 .ms-ContextualMenu-icon {
   display: inline-block;
   min-height: 1px;
   width: $ContextualMenu-iconWidth;
   text-align: center;
   vertical-align: top;
+  padding: 0px 4px;
 }
 
 .ms-ContextualMenu-itemText {
-  padding: 0 4px;
+  @include padding(0, 12px, 0, 4px);
 }
 
 .ms-Icon.ms-ContextualMenu-submenuChevron {
@@ -93,6 +87,6 @@ $ContextualMenu-iconWidth: 24px;
   line-height: $ContextualMenu-itemHeight;
   vertical-align: middle;
   @include right(8px);
-  width: 16px;
   text-align: center;
+  font-size: $ms-icon-size-xs;
 }
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diff --git a/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.tsx b/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.tsx
index a88c9129f059b5..03b7c484f5f8df 100644
--- a/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.tsx
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ export class ContextualMenu extends React.Component<IContextualMenuProps, IConte
         {(hasCheckmarks) ? (
           <span
             className={
-              css('ms-ContextualMenu-checkmark', {'ms-Icon ms-Icon--CheckMark': item.isChecked, 'not-selected': !item.isChecked})
+              css('ms-ContextualMenu-icon', {'ms-Icon ms-Icon--CheckMark': item.isChecked, 'not-selected': !item.isChecked})
             }
             onClick={ this._onItemClick.bind(this, item) } />
         ) : (null) }
diff --git a/src/demo/pages/ContextualMenuPage/examples/ContextualMenuExample.scss b/src/demo/pages/ContextualMenuPage/examples/ContextualMenuExample.scss
index 5925a430314502..ed2b33ff5fd554 100644
--- a/src/demo/pages/ContextualMenuPage/examples/ContextualMenuExample.scss
+++ b/src/demo/pages/ContextualMenuPage/examples/ContextualMenuExample.scss
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@
 
 .ms-ContextualMenu-customizationExample-item {
   display: inline-block;
-  width: 39px;
-  height: 39px;
-  line-height: 39px;
+  width: 40px;
+  height: 40px;
+  line-height: 40px;
   text-align: center;
   vertical-align: middle;
   margin-bottom: 8px;
+  cursor: pointer;
 
   &:hover {
     background-color: #eaeaea;