diff --git a/src/text-editor-component.coffee b/src/text-editor-component.coffee
index 49b80e1b6..a290239ee 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-component.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor-component.coffee
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ScrollbarComponent = require './scrollbar-component'
 ScrollbarCornerComponent = require './scrollbar-corner-component'
 OverlayManager = require './overlay-manager'
 DOMElementPool = require './dom-element-pool'
+LinesYardstick = require './lines-yardstick'
 
 module.exports =
 class TextEditorComponent
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@ class TextEditorComponent
     @linesComponent = new LinesComponent({@presenter, @hostElement, @useShadowDOM, @domElementPool})
     @scrollViewNode.appendChild(@linesComponent.getDomNode())
 
+    @linesYardstick = new LinesYardstick(@editor, @presenter, @linesComponent)
+    @presenter.setLinesYardstick(@linesYardstick)
+
     @horizontalScrollbarComponent = new ScrollbarComponent({orientation: 'horizontal', onScroll: @onHorizontalScroll})
     @scrollViewNode.appendChild(@horizontalScrollbarComponent.getDomNode())
 
diff --git a/src/text-editor-presenter.coffee b/src/text-editor-presenter.coffee
index c5372f75f..0d68bc360 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-presenter.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor-presenter.coffee
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ class TextEditorPresenter
     @startReflowing() if @continuousReflow
     @updating = false
 
+  setLinesYardstick: (@linesYardstick) ->
+
   destroy: ->
     @disposables.dispose()