diff --git a/resources/compiled_coffeescript.zip b/resources/compiled_coffeescript.zip
index 8e6bbbaf23..57049c6da7 100644
Binary files a/resources/compiled_coffeescript.zip and b/resources/compiled_coffeescript.zip differ
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/paged.coffee b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/paged.coffee
index e86fba1ee7..36022dc6af 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/paged.coffee
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/paged.coffee
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ class PagedDisplay
         this.current_margin_side = 0
         this.is_full_screen_layout = false
         this.max_col_width = -1
+        this.document_margins = null
+
+    read_document_margins: () ->
+        if false and this.document_margins is null
+            for sheet in document.styleSheets
+                for rule in sheet.rules
+                    if rule.type == CSSRule.PAGE_RULE
+                        for prop in ['margin-top', 'margin-bottom', 'margin-left', 'margin-right']
+                            val = rule.style.getPropertyValue(prop)
+                            if val
+                                log(val)
 
     set_geometry: (cols_per_screen=1, margin_top=20, margin_side=40, margin_bottom=20) ->
         this.margin_top = margin_top
@@ -36,6 +47,7 @@ class PagedDisplay
     layout: () ->
         # start_time = new Date().getTime()
         body_style = window.getComputedStyle(document.body)
+        bs = document.body.style
         # When laying body out in columns, webkit bleeds the top margin of the
         # first block element out above the columns, leading to an extra top
         # margin for the page. We compensate for that here. Computing the
@@ -43,8 +55,10 @@ class PagedDisplay
         # it before the column layout is applied.
         first_layout = false
         if not this.in_paged_mode
-            document.body.style.marginTop = '0px'
+            bs.setProperty('margin-top', '0px')
             extra_margin = document.body.getBoundingClientRect().top
+            if extra_margin <= this.margin_top
+                extra_margin = 0
             margin_top = (this.margin_top - extra_margin) + 'px'
             # Check if the current document is a full screen layout like
             # cover, if so we treat it specially.
@@ -78,7 +92,6 @@ class PagedDisplay
         this.screen_width = this.page_width * this.cols_per_screen
 
         fgcolor = body_style.getPropertyValue('color')
-        bs = document.body.style
 
         bs.setProperty('-webkit-column-gap', (2*sm)+'px')
         bs.setProperty('-webkit-column-width', col_width+'px')
@@ -101,7 +114,7 @@ class PagedDisplay
         # Convert page-breaks to column-breaks
         for sheet in document.styleSheets
             for rule in sheet.rules
-                if rule.type == 1 # CSSStyleRule
+                if rule.type == CSSRule.STYLE_RULE
                     for prop in ['page-break-before', 'page-break-after', 'page-break-inside']
                         val = rule.style.getPropertyValue(prop)
                         if val
@@ -144,6 +157,19 @@ class PagedDisplay
             img.style.setProperty('max-width', max_width+'px')
             calibre_utils.store(img, 'width-limited', true)
 
+    check_top_margin: () ->
+        # This is needed to handle the case when a descendant of body specifies
+        # a top margin as a percentage, which messes up the top margin
+        # calculations above
+        tm = document.body.getBoundingClientRect().top
+        if tm != this.margin_top
+            document.body.style.setProperty('margin-top', '0px')
+            tm = document.body.getBoundingClientRect().top
+            if tm <= this.margin_top
+                tm = 0
+            m = this.margin_top - tm
+            document.body.style.setProperty('margin-top', m+'px')
+
     scroll_to_pos: (frac) ->
         # Scroll to the position represented by frac (number between 0 and 1)
         xpos = Math.floor(document.body.scrollWidth * frac)
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py
index 51b03f96c5..2b3cfd7a4a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ class PDFWriter(QObject): # {{{
         paged_display.set_geometry(1, 0, 0, 0);
         paged_display.layout();
         paged_display.fit_images();
+        paged_display.check_top_margin();
         ''')
         mf = self.view.page().mainFrame()
         while True:
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py
index ec4584121e..554019d2d1 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ class Document(QWebPage): # {{{
             fset=_pass_json_value_setter)
 
     def after_load(self):
+        self.javascript('window.paged_display.read_document_margins()')
         self.set_bottom_padding(0)
         self.fit_images()
         self.init_hyphenate()
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ class Document(QWebPage): # {{{
             sz.setWidth(scroll_width+side_margin)
             self.setPreferredContentsSize(sz)
         self.javascript('window.paged_display.fit_images()')
+        self.javascript('window.paged_display.check_top_margin()')
 
     @property
     def column_boundaries(self):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/printing.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/printing.py
index f860edb12c..476cd949f5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/printing.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/printing.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class Printing(QObject):
                 paged_display.set_geometry(1, 0, 0, 0);
                 paged_display.layout();
                 paged_display.fit_images();
+                paged_display.check_top_margin();
             ''')
 
             while True: