diff --git a/src/pawns.cpp b/src/pawns.cpp
index 83ff4f28..52f626f1 100644
--- a/src/pawns.cpp
+++ b/src/pawns.cpp
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ namespace {
   // Backward pawn penalty by opposed flag
   const Score Backward[2] = { S(67, 42), S(49, 24) };
   
-  // Unsupported pawn penalty, for pawns which are neither isolated or backward
-  const Score Unsupported = S(20, 10);
+  // Unsupported pawn penalty for pawns which are neither isolated or backward,
+  // by number of pawns it supports [less than 2 / exactly 2].
+  const Score Unsupported[2] = { S(20, 10), S(25, 15) };
 
   // Connected pawn bonus by opposed, phalanx, twice supported and rank
   Score Connected[2][2][2][RANK_NB];
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ namespace {
             score -= Backward[opposed];
 
         else if (!supported)
-            score -= Unsupported;
+            score -= Unsupported[more_than_one(neighbours & rank_bb(s + Up))];
 
         if (connected)
             score += Connected[opposed][!!phalanx][more_than_one(supported)][relative_rank(Us, s)];