diff --git a/ivatar/views.py b/ivatar/views.py
index 9b79880..32d55fb 100644
--- a/ivatar/views.py
+++ b/ivatar/views.py
@@ -110,7 +110,11 @@ class AvatarImageView(TemplateView):
                         'rgb(49,203,115)',
                         'rgb(141,69,170)']
                     background = 'rgb(224,224,224)'
-                    padding = (10, 10, 10, 10)
+                    padwidth = int(size/10)
+                    padding = (padwidth, padwidth, padwidth, padwidth)
+                    # Since padding is _added_ around the generated image, we
+                    # need to reduce the image size by padding*2 (left/right, top/bottom)
+                    size = size - 2*padwidth
                     generator = IdenticonGenerator(
                         10, 10, digest=hashlib.sha1,
                         foreground=foreground, background=background)