XML : Navigation View item padding vanishes when setting itemBackground

In pre API 21 when setting the app:itemBackground attribute in the Navigation View removes the content padding. Is there a way to revert this without using the new actionLayout attribute to create a custom view for the items?

Here is the screenshot of what happens:

This is the background:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>    

  <item>      <shape android:shape="rectangle">          <solid android:color="@color/darkGray"/>      </shape>  </item>    <item      android:left="-1dp"      android:right="-1dp"      android:top="-1dp">      <shape>          <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent"/>          <stroke              android:width="1dp"              android:color="@color/status_gray"/>      </shape>  </item>    

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>    

  <item>      <shape android:shape="rectangle">          <solid android:color="@color/black"/>      </shape>  </item>    <item      android:bottom="-4dp"      android:right="-4dp"      android:top="-4dp">      <shape android:shape="rectangle">          <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent"/>          <stroke              android:width="4dp"              android:color="@color/green"/>      </shape>  </item>    <item      android:left="-1dp"      android:right="-1dp"      android:top="-1dp">      <shape>          <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent"/>          <stroke              android:width="1dp"              android:color="@color/status_gray"/>      </shape>  </item>    

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>    

  <item android:drawable="@drawable/dr_nav_view_item_bg_selected" android:state_checked="true"/>  <item android:drawable="@drawable/dr_nav_view_item_bg_normal" android:state_checked="false"/>    

And finally the navigation view:

  <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView      android:id="@+id/navigation_view"      android:layout_width="wrap_content"      android:layout_height="match_parent"      android:layout_gravity="start"      android:background="@color/darkGray"      android:fitsSystemWindows="true"      app:headerLayout="@layout/header_navigation_view"      app:itemBackground="@drawable/dr_nav_view_item_bg"      app:itemIconTint="@color/nav_view_icon_color"      app:itemTextColor="@color/nav_view_text_color"      app:menu="@menu/menu_navigation_view"      app:theme="@style/NavigationViewStyle"/>    

Please note that in post API 21 the padding is still there.