diff --git a/packages/arcs/src/centers.ts b/packages/arcs/src/centers.ts
index 8432cbfd2..01a9fc06f 100644
--- a/packages/arcs/src/centers.ts
+++ b/packages/arcs/src/centers.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ export const useArcCentersTransition = <Datum extends DatumWithArc, ExtraProps =
     mode: ArcTransitionMode = 'innerRadius',
     extra?: TransitionExtra<Datum, ExtraProps>
 ) => {
+    // center label of root node
+    const dataWithCenteredRoot = data.map(d =>
+        d.arc.innerRadius === 0 ? { ...d, arc: { ...d.arc, outerRadius: 0 } } : d
+    )
+
     const { animate, config: springConfig } = useMotionConfig()
 
     const phases = useArcTransitionMode<Datum, ExtraProps>(mode, extra)
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ export const useArcCentersTransition = <Datum extends DatumWithArc, ExtraProps =
             innerRadius: number
             outerRadius: number
         } & ExtraProps
-    >(data, {
+    >(dataWithCenteredRoot, {
         keys: datum => datum.id,
         initial: phases.update,
         from: phases.enter,
diff --git a/packages/sunburst/package.json b/packages/sunburst/package.json
index 6c6c7bd4c..f382bf370 100644
--- a/packages/sunburst/package.json
+++ b/packages/sunburst/package.json
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@
     "@nivo/colors": "0.74.0",
     "@nivo/tooltip": "0.74.0",
     "d3-hierarchy": "^1.1.8",
+    "d3-scale": "^3.2.3",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@nivo/core": "0.74.0",
-    "@types/d3-hierarchy": "^1.1.7"
+    "@types/d3-hierarchy": "^1.1.7",
+    "@types/d3-scale": "^3.2.3"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@nivo/core": "0.74.0",
diff --git a/packages/sunburst/src/Sunburst.tsx b/packages/sunburst/src/Sunburst.tsx
index e3540ea3a..402b74de6 100644
--- a/packages/sunburst/src/Sunburst.tsx
+++ b/packages/sunburst/src/Sunburst.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ const InnerSunburst = <RawDatum,>({
     value = defaultProps.value,
     valueFormat,
     cornerRadius = defaultProps.cornerRadius,
+    innerRadiusRatio = defaultProps.innerRadiusRatio,
+    renderRootNode = defaultProps.renderRootNode,
     layers = defaultProps.layers as SunburstLayer<RawDatum>[],
     colors = defaultProps.colors,
     colorBy = defaultProps.colorBy,
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ const InnerSunburst = <RawDatum,>({
         valueFormat,
         radius,
         cornerRadius,
+        innerRadiusRatio,
+        renderRootNode,
         colors,
         colorBy,
         inheritColorFromParent,
diff --git a/packages/sunburst/src/hooks.ts b/packages/sunburst/src/hooks.ts
index f0318c9dc..3c6b685e5 100644
--- a/packages/sunburst/src/hooks.ts
+++ b/packages/sunburst/src/hooks.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { partition as d3Partition, hierarchy as d3Hierarchy } from 'd3-hierarchy'
+import { scaleRadial as d3ScaleRadial } from 'd3-scale'
 import cloneDeep from 'lodash/cloneDeep'
 import sortBy from 'lodash/sortBy'
 import { usePropertyAccessor, useTheme, useValueFormatter } from '@nivo/core'
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ export const useSunburst = <RawDatum>({
     valueFormat,
     radius,
     cornerRadius = defaultProps.cornerRadius,
+    innerRadiusRatio = defaultProps.innerRadiusRatio,
+    renderRootNode = defaultProps.renderRootNode,
     colors = defaultProps.colors,
     colorBy = defaultProps.colorBy,
     inheritColorFromParent = defaultProps.inheritColorFromParent,
@@ -32,6 +35,8 @@ export const useSunburst = <RawDatum>({
     valueFormat?: DataProps<RawDatum>['valueFormat']
     radius: number
     cornerRadius?: SunburstCommonProps<RawDatum>['cornerRadius']
+    innerRadiusRatio?: SunburstCommonProps<RawDatum>['innerRadiusRatio']
+    renderRootNode?: SunburstCommonProps<RawDatum>['renderRootNode']
     colors?: SunburstCommonProps<RawDatum>['colors']
     colorBy?: SunburstCommonProps<RawDatum>['colorBy']
     inheritColorFromParent?: SunburstCommonProps<RawDatum>['inheritColorFromParent']
@@ -57,8 +62,10 @@ export const useSunburst = <RawDatum>({
         const hierarchy = d3Hierarchy(clonedData).sum(getValue)
 
         const partition = d3Partition<RawDatum>().size([2 * Math.PI, radius * radius])
-        // exclude root node
-        const descendants = partition(hierarchy).descendants().slice(1)
+
+        const descendants = renderRootNode
+            ? partition(hierarchy).descendants()
+            : partition(hierarchy).descendants().slice(1)
 
         const total = hierarchy.value ?? 0
 
@@ -68,6 +75,12 @@ export const useSunburst = <RawDatum>({
         // are going to be computed first
         const sortedNodes = sortBy(descendants, 'depth')
 
+        const innerRadiusOffset = radius * Math.min(innerRadiusRatio, 1)
+
+        const maxDepth = Math.max(...sortedNodes.map(n => n.depth))
+
+        const scale = d3ScaleRadial().domain([0, maxDepth]).range([innerRadiusOffset, radius])
+
         return sortedNodes.reduce<ComputedDatum<RawDatum>[]>((acc, descendant) => {
             const id = getId(descendant.data)
             // d3 hierarchy node value is optional by default as it depends on
@@ -82,8 +95,12 @@ export const useSunburst = <RawDatum>({
             const arc: Arc = {
                 startAngle: descendant.x0,
                 endAngle: descendant.x1,
-                innerRadius: Math.sqrt(descendant.y0),
-                outerRadius: Math.sqrt(descendant.y1),
+                innerRadius:
+                    renderRootNode && descendant.depth === 0 ? 0 : scale(descendant.depth - 1),
+                outerRadius:
+                    renderRootNode && descendant.depth === 0
+                        ? innerRadiusOffset
+                        : scale(descendant.depth),
             }
 
             let parent: ComputedDatum<RawDatum> | undefined
@@ -125,6 +142,8 @@ export const useSunburst = <RawDatum>({
         getColor,
         inheritColorFromParent,
         getChildColor,
+        innerRadiusRatio,
+        renderRootNode,
     ])
 
     const arcGenerator = useArcGenerator({ cornerRadius })
diff --git a/packages/sunburst/src/props.ts b/packages/sunburst/src/props.ts
index 9b6a7f11f..693c4382e 100644
--- a/packages/sunburst/src/props.ts
+++ b/packages/sunburst/src/props.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ export const defaultProps = {
     id: 'id',
     value: 'value',
     cornerRadius: 0,
+    innerRadiusRatio: 0.4,
+    renderRootNode: false,
     layers: ['arcs', 'arcLabels'] as SunburstLayerId[],
     colors: ({ scheme: 'nivo' } as unknown) as OrdinalColorScaleConfig,
     colorBy: 'id' as const,
diff --git a/packages/sunburst/src/types.ts b/packages/sunburst/src/types.ts
index de42cad5c..e197b7146 100644
--- a/packages/sunburst/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/sunburst/src/types.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ export type SunburstCommonProps<RawDatum> = {
     height: number
     margin?: Box
     cornerRadius: number
+    innerRadiusRatio: number
+    renderRootNode: boolean
     theme: Theme
     colors: OrdinalColorScaleConfig<Omit<ComputedDatum<RawDatum>, 'color' | 'fill'>>
     colorBy: 'id' | 'depth'
diff --git a/packages/sunburst/stories/sunburst.stories.tsx b/packages/sunburst/stories/sunburst.stories.tsx
index 1c5736bad..3d5cf821c 100644
--- a/packages/sunburst/stories/sunburst.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/sunburst/stories/sunburst.stories.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useState } from 'react'
 import { storiesOf } from '@storybook/react'
 import { action } from '@storybook/addon-actions'
-import { withKnobs, boolean, select } from '@storybook/addon-knobs'
+import { withKnobs, boolean, select, number } from '@storybook/addon-knobs'
 // @ts-ignore
 import { linearGradientDef, patternDotsDef, useTheme } from '@nivo/core'
 // @ts-ignore
@@ -223,3 +223,16 @@ const CenteredMetric = ({ nodes, centerX, centerY }: SunburstCustomLayerProps<Ra
 stories.add('adding a metric in the center using a custom layer', () => (
     <Sunburst<RawDatum> {...commonProperties} layers={['arcs', 'arcLabels', CenteredMetric]} />
 ))
+
+stories.add('with root node', () => (
+    <Sunburst<RawDatum>
+        {...commonProperties}
+        innerRadiusRatio={number('innerRadiusRatio', 0.25, {
+            range: true,
+            min: 0.0,
+            max: 0.95,
+            step: 0.05,
+        })}
+        renderRootNode={boolean('renderRootNode', true)}
+    />
+))
diff --git a/website/src/data/components/sunburst/props.ts b/website/src/data/components/sunburst/props.ts
index a3edcbb83..01aa8f134 100644
--- a/website/src/data/components/sunburst/props.ts
+++ b/website/src/data/components/sunburst/props.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,29 @@ const props: ChartProperty[] = [
             step: 1,
         },
     },
+    {
+        key: 'innerRadiusRatio',
+        help: `Size of the center circle. Value should be between 0~1 as it's a ratio from original radius.`,
+        type: 'number',
+        required: false,
+        defaultValue: defaultProps.innerRadiusRatio,
+        controlType: 'range',
+        group: 'Base',
+        controlOptions: {
+            min: 0,
+            max: 0.95,
+            step: 0.05,
+        },
+    },
+    {
+        key: 'renderRootNode',
+        help: `Render the root node. By default, the root node is omitted.`,
+        type: 'boolean',
+        required: false,
+        defaultValue: defaultProps.renderRootNode,
+        controlType: 'switch',
+        group: 'Base',
+    },
     {
         key: 'width',
         enableControlForFlavors: ['api'],
diff --git a/website/src/pages/sunburst/api.js b/website/src/pages/sunburst/api.js
index e4b78cf80..9756a58ba 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/sunburst/api.js
+++ b/website/src/pages/sunburst/api.js
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ const SunburstApi = () => {
                     value: 'loc',
                     valueFormat: { format: '', enabled: false },
                     cornerRadius: 2,
+                    innerRadiusRatio: 0.4,
+                    renderRootNode: false,
                     borderWidth: 1,
                     borderColor: 'white',
                     colors: { scheme: 'nivo' },
diff --git a/website/src/pages/sunburst/index.js b/website/src/pages/sunburst/index.js
index 8eb989281..7859fd1ae 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/sunburst/index.js
+++ b/website/src/pages/sunburst/index.js
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ const initialProperties = {
     value: 'loc',
     valueFormat: { format: '', enabled: false },
     cornerRadius: 2,
+    innerRadiusRatio: 0.4,
+    renderRootNode: false,
     borderWidth: 1,
     borderColor: { theme: 'background' },
     colors: { scheme: 'nivo' },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2f65b47d7..867c8a29f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6457,6 +6457,13 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/d3-time" "*"
 
+"@types/d3-scale@^3.2.3":
+  version "3.3.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/d3-scale/-/d3-scale-3.3.2.tgz#18c94e90f4f1c6b1ee14a70f14bfca2bd1c61d06"
+  integrity sha512-gGqr7x1ost9px3FvIfUMi5XA/F/yAf4UkUDtdQhpH92XCT0Oa7zkkRzY61gPVJq+DxpHn/btouw5ohWkbBsCzQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/d3-time" "^2"
+
 "@types/d3-shape@^1":
   version "1.3.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/d3-shape/-/d3-shape-1.3.8.tgz#c3c15ec7436b4ce24e38de517586850f1fea8e89"
@@ -6491,6 +6498,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/d3-time/-/d3-time-1.1.1.tgz#6cf3a4242c3bbac00440dfb8ba7884f16bedfcbf"
   integrity sha512-ULX7LoqXTCYtM+tLYOaeAJK7IwCT+4Gxlm2MaH0ErKLi07R5lh8NHCAyWcDkCCmx1AfRcBEV6H9QE9R25uP7jw==
 
+"@types/d3-time@^2":
+  version "2.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/d3-time/-/d3-time-2.1.1.tgz#743fdc821c81f86537cbfece07093ac39b4bc342"
+  integrity sha512-9MVYlmIgmRR31C5b4FVSWtuMmBHh2mOWQYfl7XAYOa8dsnb7iEmUmRSWSFgXFtkjxO65d7hTUHQC+RhR/9IWFg==
+
 "@types/debug@^0.0.30":
   version "0.0.30"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/debug/-/debug-0.0.30.tgz#dc1e40f7af3b9c815013a7860e6252f6352a84df"
@@ -22270,7 +22282,7 @@ react-docgen@^5.0.0:
     node-dir "^0.1.10"
     strip-indent "^3.0.0"
 
-react-dom@17.0.2, react-dom@^16.8.3, react-dom@^17.0.2:
+react-dom@17.0.2, react-dom@^17.0.2:
   version "17.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dom/-/react-dom-17.0.2.tgz#ecffb6845e3ad8dbfcdc498f0d0a939736502c23"
   integrity sha512-s4h96KtLDUQlsENhMn1ar8t2bEa+q/YAtj8pPPdIjPDGBDIVNsrD9aXNWqspUe6AzKCIG0C1HZZLqLV7qpOBGA==
@@ -22279,6 +22291,16 @@ react-dom@17.0.2, react-dom@^16.8.3, react-dom@^17.0.2:
     object-assign "^4.1.1"
     scheduler "^0.20.2"
 
+react-dom@^16.8.3:
+  version "16.14.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dom/-/react-dom-16.14.0.tgz#7ad838ec29a777fb3c75c3a190f661cf92ab8b89"
+  integrity sha512-1gCeQXDLoIqMgqD3IO2Ah9bnf0w9kzhwN5q4FGnHZ67hBm9yePzB5JJAIQCc8x3pFnNlwFq4RidZggNAAkzWWw==
+  dependencies:
+    loose-envify "^1.1.0"
+    object-assign "^4.1.1"
+    prop-types "^15.6.2"
+    scheduler "^0.19.1"
+
 react-draggable@^4.0.3:
   version "4.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-draggable/-/react-draggable-4.2.0.tgz#40cc5209082ca7d613104bf6daf31372cc0e1114"
@@ -22584,7 +22606,7 @@ react-transition-group@^4.3.0:
     loose-envify "^1.4.0"
     prop-types "^15.6.2"
 
-react@17.0.2, react@^16.8.3, react@^16.9.17, react@^17.0.2:
+react@17.0.2, react@^17.0.2:
   version "17.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-17.0.2.tgz#d0b5cc516d29eb3eee383f75b62864cfb6800037"
   integrity sha512-gnhPt75i/dq/z3/6q/0asP78D0u592D5L1pd7M8P+dck6Fu/jJeL6iVVK23fptSUZj8Vjf++7wXA8UNclGQcbA==
@@ -22592,6 +22614,15 @@ react@17.0.2, react@^16.8.3, react@^16.9.17, react@^17.0.2:
     loose-envify "^1.1.0"
     object-assign "^4.1.1"
 
+react@^16.8.3, react@^16.9.17:
+  version "16.14.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-16.14.0.tgz#94d776ddd0aaa37da3eda8fc5b6b18a4c9a3114d"
+  integrity sha512-0X2CImDkJGApiAlcf0ODKIneSwBPhqJawOa5wCtKbu7ZECrmS26NvtSILynQ66cgkT/RJ4LidJOc3bUESwmU8g==
+  dependencies:
+    loose-envify "^1.1.0"
+    object-assign "^4.1.1"
+    prop-types "^15.6.2"
+
 reactcss@^1.2.0:
   version "1.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/reactcss/-/reactcss-1.2.3.tgz#c00013875e557b1cf0dfd9a368a1c3dab3b548dd"
@@ -23593,6 +23624,14 @@ saxes@^5.0.0:
   dependencies:
     xmlchars "^2.2.0"
 
+scheduler@^0.19.1:
+  version "0.19.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scheduler/-/scheduler-0.19.1.tgz#4f3e2ed2c1a7d65681f4c854fa8c5a1ccb40f196"
+  integrity sha512-n/zwRWRYSUj0/3g/otKDRPMh6qv2SYMWNq85IEa8iZyAv8od9zDYpGSnpBEjNgcMNq6Scbu5KfIPxNF72R/2EA==
+  dependencies:
+    loose-envify "^1.1.0"
+    object-assign "^4.1.1"
+
 scheduler@^0.20.2:
   version "0.20.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scheduler/-/scheduler-0.20.2.tgz#4baee39436e34aa93b4874bddcbf0fe8b8b50e91"