diff --git a/less/tooltip.less b/less/tooltip.less
index 9d5684743..c0dfd55ce 100644
--- a/less/tooltip.less
+++ b/less/tooltip.less
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   font-family: @font-family-base;
   font-size: @font-size-small;
   font-weight: normal;
-  line-height: 1.4;
+  line-height: @line-height-base;
   .opacity(0);
 
   &.in     { .opacity(@tooltip-opacity); }