diff --git a/examples/react/src/examples/Basic/index.tsx b/examples/react/src/examples/Basic/index.tsx
index bb53b309..5754fd62 100644
--- a/examples/react/src/examples/Basic/index.tsx
+++ b/examples/react/src/examples/Basic/index.tsx
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ const BasicFlow = () => {
       minZoom={0.2}
       maxZoom={4}
       fitView
+      fitViewOptions={{
+        padding: { top: '100px', left: '0%', right: '10%', bottom: 0.1 },
+      }}
       defaultEdgeOptions={defaultEdgeOptions}
       selectNodesOnDrag={false}
       elevateEdgesOnSelect
diff --git a/packages/system/src/types/general.ts b/packages/system/src/types/general.ts
index fc92bc7e..2a34e9ff 100644
--- a/packages/system/src/types/general.ts
+++ b/packages/system/src/types/general.ts
@@ -91,11 +91,25 @@ export type FitViewParamsBase<NodeType extends NodeBase> = {
   maxZoom: number;
 };
 
+export type PaddingUnit = 'px' | '%';
+export type PaddingWithUnit = `${number}${PaddingUnit}` | number;
+
+export type Padding =
+  | PaddingWithUnit
+  | {
+      top?: PaddingWithUnit;
+      right?: PaddingWithUnit;
+      bottom?: PaddingWithUnit;
+      left?: PaddingWithUnit;
+      x?: PaddingWithUnit;
+      y?: PaddingWithUnit;
+    };
+
 /**
  * @inline
  */
 export type FitViewOptionsBase<NodeType extends NodeBase = NodeBase> = {
-  padding?: number;
+  padding?: Padding;
   includeHiddenNodes?: boolean;
   minZoom?: number;
   maxZoom?: number;
diff --git a/packages/system/src/utils/general.ts b/packages/system/src/utils/general.ts
index 32c339e5..5b4c6995 100644
--- a/packages/system/src/utils/general.ts
+++ b/packages/system/src/utils/general.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import type {
   Transform,
   InternalNodeBase,
   NodeLookup,
+  Padding,
+  PaddingWithUnit,
 } from '../types';
 import { type Viewport } from '../types';
 import { getNodePositionWithOrigin, isInternalNodeBase } from './graph';
@@ -173,6 +175,105 @@ export const rendererPointToPoint = ({ x, y }: XYPosition, [tx, ty, tScale]: Tra
   };
 };
 
+/**
+ * Parses a single padding value to a number
+ * @internal
+ * @param padding - Padding to parse
+ * @param viewport - Width or height of the viewport
+ * @returns The padding in pixels
+ */
+function parsePadding(padding: PaddingWithUnit, viewport: number): number {
+  if (typeof padding === 'number') {
+    return Math.floor(viewport - viewport / (1 + padding));
+  }
+
+  if (typeof padding === 'string' && padding.endsWith('px')) {
+    const paddingValue = parseFloat(padding);
+    if (!Number.isNaN(paddingValue)) {
+      return Math.floor(paddingValue);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (typeof padding === 'string' && padding.endsWith('%')) {
+    const paddingValue = parseFloat(padding);
+    if (!Number.isNaN(paddingValue)) {
+      return Math.floor(viewport * paddingValue * 0.01);
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.error(
+    `[React Flow] The padding value "${padding}" is invalid. Please provide a number or a string with a valid unit (px or %).`
+  );
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses the paddings to an object with top, right, bottom, left, x and y paddings
+ * @internal
+ * @param padding - Padding to parse
+ * @param width - Width of the viewport
+ * @param height - Height of the viewport
+ * @returns An object with the paddings in pixels
+ */
+function parsePaddings(
+  padding: Padding,
+  width: number,
+  height: number
+): { top: number; bottom: number; left: number; right: number; x: number; y: number } {
+  if (typeof padding === 'string' || typeof padding === 'number') {
+    const paddingY = parsePadding(padding, height);
+    const paddingX = parsePadding(padding, width);
+    return {
+      top: paddingY,
+      right: paddingX,
+      bottom: paddingY,
+      left: paddingX,
+      x: paddingX * 2,
+      y: paddingY * 2,
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (typeof padding === 'object') {
+    const top = parsePadding(padding.top ?? padding.y ?? 0, height);
+    const bottom = parsePadding(padding.bottom ?? padding.y ?? 0, height);
+    const left = parsePadding(padding.left ?? padding.x ?? 0, width);
+    const right = parsePadding(padding.right ?? padding.x ?? 0, width);
+    return { top, right, bottom, left, x: left + right, y: top + bottom };
+  }
+
+  return { top: 0, right: 0, bottom: 0, left: 0, x: 0, y: 0 };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Calculates the resulting paddings if the new viewport is applied
+ * @internal
+ * @param bounds - Bounds to fit inside viewport
+ * @param x - X position of the viewport
+ * @param y - Y position of the viewport
+ * @param zoom - Zoom level of the viewport
+ * @param width - Width of the viewport
+ * @param height - Height of the viewport
+ * @returns An object with the minimum padding required to fit the bounds inside the viewport
+ */
+function calculateAppliedPaddings(bounds: Rect, x: number, y: number, zoom: number, width: number, height: number) {
+  const { x: left, y: top } = rendererPointToPoint(bounds, [x, y, zoom]);
+
+  const { x: boundRight, y: boundBottom } = rendererPointToPoint(
+    { x: bounds.x + bounds.width, y: bounds.y + bounds.height },
+    [x, y, zoom]
+  );
+
+  const right = width - boundRight;
+  const bottom = height - boundBottom;
+
+  return {
+    left: Math.floor(left),
+    top: Math.floor(top),
+    right: Math.floor(right),
+    bottom: Math.floor(bottom),
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns a viewport that encloses the given bounds with optional padding.
  * @public
@@ -186,8 +287,8 @@ export const rendererPointToPoint = ({ x, y }: XYPosition, [tx, ty, tScale]: Tra
  * @returns A transforned {@link Viewport} that encloses the given bounds which you can pass to e.g. {@link setViewport}
  * @example
  * const { x, y, zoom } = getViewportForBounds(
- *{ x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 100},
- *1200, 800, 0.5, 2);
+ * { x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 100},
+ * 1200, 800, 0.5, 2);
  */
 export const getViewportForBounds = (
   bounds: Rect,
@@ -195,18 +296,39 @@ export const getViewportForBounds = (
   height: number,
   minZoom: number,
   maxZoom: number,
-  padding: number
+  padding: Padding
 ): Viewport => {
-  const xZoom = width / (bounds.width * (1 + padding));
-  const yZoom = height / (bounds.height * (1 + padding));
+  // First we resolve all the paddings to actual pixel values
+  const p = parsePaddings(padding, width, height);
+
+  const xZoom = (width - p.x) / bounds.width;
+  const yZoom = (height - p.y) / bounds.height;
+
+  // We calculate the new x, y, zoom for a centered view
   const zoom = Math.min(xZoom, yZoom);
   const clampedZoom = clamp(zoom, minZoom, maxZoom);
+
   const boundsCenterX = bounds.x + bounds.width / 2;
   const boundsCenterY = bounds.y + bounds.height / 2;
   const x = width / 2 - boundsCenterX * clampedZoom;
   const y = height / 2 - boundsCenterY * clampedZoom;
 
-  return { x, y, zoom: clampedZoom };
+  // Then we calculate the minimum padding, to respect asymmetric paddings
+  const newPadding = calculateAppliedPaddings(bounds, x, y, clampedZoom, width, height);
+
+  // We only want to have an offset if the newPadding is smaller than the required padding
+  const offset = {
+    left: Math.min(newPadding.left - p.left, 0),
+    top: Math.min(newPadding.top - p.top, 0),
+    right: Math.min(newPadding.right - p.right, 0),
+    bottom: Math.min(newPadding.bottom - p.bottom, 0),
+  };
+
+  return {
+    x: x - offset.left + offset.right,
+    y: y - offset.top + offset.bottom,
+    zoom: clampedZoom,
+  };
 };
 
 export const isMacOs = () => typeof navigator !== 'undefined' && navigator?.userAgent?.indexOf('Mac') >= 0;