diff --git a/Tracking/Acts/FaserActsGeometry/src/FaserActsLayerBuilder.cxx b/Tracking/Acts/FaserActsGeometry/src/FaserActsLayerBuilder.cxx
index c5f6a68ab01b8da95f3d62149d23bdf41684263d..db5f662f8b5a3ebf856c1e58649ad4a92ead3b42 100644
--- a/Tracking/Acts/FaserActsGeometry/src/FaserActsLayerBuilder.cxx
+++ b/Tracking/Acts/FaserActsGeometry/src/FaserActsLayerBuilder.cxx
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ FaserActsLayerBuilder::buildLayers(const Acts::GeometryContext& gctx,
   std::shared_ptr<const Acts::ProtoSurfaceMaterial> materialProxy = nullptr;
 
   double layerZ = 0.5 * (pl.min(Acts::binZ) + pl.max(Acts::binZ));
-  double layerThickness = (pl.max(Acts::binZ) - pl.min(Acts::binZ));
+  double layerThickness = (pl.max(Acts::binZ) - pl.min(Acts::binZ)) + 4_mm;
   double layerZInner = layerZ - layerThickness/2.;
   double layerZOuter = layerZ + layerThickness/2.;