diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
index 80f79129c9..5dfefcb777 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
                     componentName = "hit300";
                     break;
                 case "Play/osu/number-text":
-                    return !hasFont(Configuration.HitCircleFont) ? null : new LegacySpriteText(Textures, Configuration.HitCircleFont) { Scale = new Vector2(0.96f) };
+                    return !hasFont(Configuration.HitCircleFont)
+                        ? null
+                        : new LegacySpriteText(Textures, Configuration.HitCircleFont)
+                        {
+                            Scale = new Vector2(0.96f),
+                            // Spacing value was reverse-engineered from the ratio of the rendered sprite size in the visual inspector vs the actual texture size
+                            Spacing = new Vector2(-Configuration.HitCircleOverlap * 0.89f, 0)
+                        };
             }
 
             var texture = GetTexture(componentName);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinDecoder.cs
index 44bb9c3f41..96a9116c51 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinDecoder.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
                         case "HitCirclePrefix":
                             skin.HitCircleFont = pair.Value;
                             break;
+                        case "HitCircleOverlap":
+                            skin.HitCircleOverlap = int.Parse(pair.Value);
+                            break;
                     }
 
                     break;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinConfiguration.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinConfiguration.cs
index a8091d1f36..5b832e15a3 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinConfiguration.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinConfiguration.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
         public Dictionary<string, Color4> CustomColours { get; set; } = new Dictionary<string, Color4>();
 
         public string HitCircleFont { get; set; } = "default";
+        public int HitCircleOverlap { get; set; }
 
         public bool? CursorExpand { get; set; } = true;
     }