diff --git a/src/core/text/TextMetrics.js b/src/core/text/TextMetrics.js
index 27bd145..c4f32e1 100644
--- a/src/core/text/TextMetrics.js
+++ b/src/core/text/TextMetrics.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
         const lineHeight = style.lineHeight || fontProperties.fontSize + style.strokeThickness;
         let height = Math.max(lineHeight, fontProperties.fontSize + style.strokeThickness)
-            + ((lines.length - 1) * lineHeight);
+            + ((lines.length - 1) * (lineHeight + style.leading));
 
         if (style.dropShadow)
         {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
             height,
             lines,
             lineWidths,
-            lineHeight,
+            lineHeight + style.leading,
             maxLineWidth,
             fontProperties
         );

diff --git a/src/core/text/TextMetrics.js b/src/core/text/TextMetrics.js
index 27bd145..c4f32e1 100644
--- a/src/core/text/TextMetrics.js
+++ b/src/core/text/TextMetrics.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
         const lineHeight = style.lineHeight || fontProperties.fontSize + style.strokeThickness;
         let height = Math.max(lineHeight, fontProperties.fontSize + style.strokeThickness)
-            + ((lines.length - 1) * lineHeight);
+            + ((lines.length - 1) * (lineHeight + style.leading));
 
         if (style.dropShadow)
         {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
             height,
             lines,
             lineWidths,
-            lineHeight,
+            lineHeight + style.leading,
             maxLineWidth,
             fontProperties
         );
diff --git a/src/core/text/TextStyle.js b/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
index 71f31e2..fcc58fc 100644
--- a/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
+++ b/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     trim: false,
     wordWrap: false,
     wordWrapWidth: 100,
+    leading: 0,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@
      * @param {string} [style.textBaseline='alphabetic'] - The baseline of the text that is rendered.
      * @param {boolean} [style.wordWrap=false] - Indicates if word wrap should be used
      * @param {number} [style.wordWrapWidth=100] - The width at which text will wrap, it needs wordWrap to be set to true
+     * @param {number} [style.leading=0] - The space between lines
      */
     constructor(style)
     {
@@ -355,6 +357,19 @@
             this.styleID++;
         }
     }
+    
+    get leading()
+    {
+        return this._leading;
+    }
+    set leading(leading)
+    {
+        if (this._leading !== leading)
+        {
+            this._leading = leading;
+            this.styleID++;
+        }
+    }
 
     get lineJoin()
     {