diff --git a/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift b/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift
index 03b7de0f4..61a9ce8d0 100644
--- a/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ class MasterFeedViewController: UITableViewController, UndoableCommandRunner {
 		
 		navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = editButtonItem
 		
+		// If you don't have an empty table header, UIKit tries to help out by putting one in for you
+		// that makes a gap between the first section header and the navigation bar
+		var frame = CGRect.zero
+		frame.size.height = .leastNormalMagnitude
+		tableView.tableHeaderView = UIView(frame: frame)
+		
 		tableView.register(MasterFeedTableViewSectionHeader.self, forHeaderFooterViewReuseIdentifier: "SectionHeader")
 		tableView.dataSource = dataSource