diff --git a/VDS/Classes/SelfSizingCollectionView.swift b/VDS/Classes/SelfSizingCollectionView.swift
index b75e61e4..70ccc083 100644
--- a/VDS/Classes/SelfSizingCollectionView.swift
+++ b/VDS/Classes/SelfSizingCollectionView.swift
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ public final class SelfSizingCollectionView: UICollectionView {
     // MARK: - Private Methods
     //--------------------------------------------------
     private func setupContentSizeObservation() {
+        //ensure autoLayout uses intrinsic height
+        setContentHuggingPriority(.required, for: .vertical)
+        setContentCompressionResistancePriority(.required, for: .vertical)
+
         // Observing the value of contentSize seems to be the only reliable way to get the contentSize after the collection view lays out its subviews.
         self.contentSizeObservation = self.observe(\.contentSize, options: [.old, .new]) { [weak self] _, change in
             // If we don't specify `options: [.old, .new]`, the change.oldValue and .newValue will always be `nil`.