diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/UI/DrawableTaikoRuleset.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/UI/DrawableTaikoRuleset.cs
index a6a00fe242..c0a6c4582c 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/UI/DrawableTaikoRuleset.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/UI/DrawableTaikoRuleset.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects;
@@ -16,11 +17,15 @@ using osu.Game.Replays;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+using osu.Game.Skinning;
+using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.UI
 {
     public class DrawableTaikoRuleset : DrawableScrollingRuleset<TaikoHitObject>
     {
+        private SkinnableDrawable scroller;
+
         protected override ScrollVisualisationMethod VisualisationMethod => ScrollVisualisationMethod.Overlapping;
 
         protected override bool UserScrollSpeedAdjustment => false;
@@ -36,6 +41,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.UI
         private void load()
         {
             new BarLineGenerator<BarLine>(Beatmap).BarLines.ForEach(bar => Playfield.Add(bar.Major ? new DrawableBarLineMajor(bar) : new DrawableBarLine(bar)));
+
+            AddInternal(scroller = new SkinnableDrawable(new TaikoSkinComponent(TaikoSkinComponents.TaikoScroller), _ => Empty())
+            {
+                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                Depth = float.MaxValue
+            });
+        }
+
+        protected override void UpdateAfterChildren()
+        {
+            base.UpdateAfterChildren();
+
+            var playfieldScreen = Playfield.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad;
+            scroller.Height = ToLocalSpace(playfieldScreen.TopLeft + new Vector2(0, playfieldScreen.Height / 20)).Y;
         }
 
         public override PlayfieldAdjustmentContainer CreatePlayfieldAdjustmentContainer() => new TaikoPlayfieldAdjustmentContainer();
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/UI/TaikoPlayfield.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/UI/TaikoPlayfield.cs
index a5edcc1357..5c763cb332 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/UI/TaikoPlayfield.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/UI/TaikoPlayfield.cs
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.UI
         {
             InternalChildren = new[]
             {
-                new SkinnableDrawable(new TaikoSkinComponent(TaikoSkinComponents.TaikoScroller), _ => Drawable.Empty())
-                {
-                    Origin = Anchor.BottomLeft,
-                    Anchor = Anchor.TopLeft,
-                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
-                    Height = 100,
-                },
                 new SkinnableDrawable(new TaikoSkinComponent(TaikoSkinComponents.PlayfieldBackgroundRight), _ => new PlayfieldBackgroundRight()),
                 rightArea = new Container
                 {