diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/badge/badge.scss b/packages/components/src/components/badge/badge.scss
index 4b1f348d7acf..3ae40a405fe2 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/badge/badge.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/badge/badge.scss
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@
 	inline-size: fit-content;
 	font-weight: 700;
 
+	// I added a minimum inline size, especially for single-character content, to ensure that it won't be any narrower than a circle.
+	&:not(:empty) {
+		min-inline-size: calc(1.4em - 2 * #{variables.$db-spacing-fixed-2xs});
+		box-sizing: content-box;
+	}
+
 	&:has(.db-icon) {
 		padding: variables.$db-spacing-fixed-3xs;
 	}