diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/sunnypilot/qt/widgets/controls.cc b/selfdrive/ui/sunnypilot/qt/widgets/controls.cc
index 0c0e174001..d02efc0a8d 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/sunnypilot/qt/widgets/controls.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/sunnypilot/qt/widgets/controls.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ QFrame *horizontal_line(QWidget *parent) {
   return line;
 }
 
+QFrame *vertical_space(int height, QWidget *parent) {
+  QFrame *v_space = new QFrame(parent);
+  v_space->setFrameShape(QFrame::StyledPanel);
+  v_space->setFixedHeight(height);
+  return v_space;
+}
+
 // AbstractControlSP
 
 AbstractControlSP::AbstractControlSP(const QString &title, const QString &desc, const QString &icon, QWidget *parent)
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/sunnypilot/qt/widgets/controls.h b/selfdrive/ui/sunnypilot/qt/widgets/controls.h
index acbc3ea3c4..f46031088f 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/sunnypilot/qt/widgets/controls.h
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/sunnypilot/qt/widgets/controls.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "selfdrive/ui/sunnypilot/qt/widgets/toggle.h"
 
 QFrame *horizontal_line(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
+QFrame *vertical_space(int height = 10, QWidget *parent = nullptr);
 
 inline void ReplaceWidget(QWidget *old_widget, QWidget *new_widget) {
   if (old_widget && old_widget->parentWidget() && old_widget->parentWidget()->layout()) {