Adjustment device for a sheet-metal forming tool comprising two tool parts (2, 5), which are relatively movable in relation to one another and are intended for the forming of a sheet-metal material between them, a sheet holder and a counter sheet holder (6.1), which are relatively movable in relation to one another parallel to the tool parts (2, 5), in order during the forming to clamp an edge portion of the sheet-metal material between one another with a certain sheet holding force, and which have respective supporting portions (4.1, 6.2), which lie opposite one another and between which the adjustment device can be mounted, in order to ensure by placement of the supporting portions (4.1, 6.2) on the adjustment device a desired sheet holder spacing between the sheet holder and the counter sheet holder (6.1), the adjustment device having: an adjustment element, which is adjustable to change a height dimension (H1, H2) of the adjustment device and thereby adjust the ensured sheet holder spacing, an electrically activatable drive unit, which is connected to the adjustment element in order to drive the adjustment element for adjusting the same, a sensor, which is designed to sense a physical variable, from which a compressive force that acts on the adjustment device during the placement of the supporting portions (4.1, 6.2) on the adjustment device can be derived, and a control device, which is connected to the drive unit and the sensor and is designed to determine from the sensed physical variable the compressive force acting on the adjustment device, to determine on the basis of the compressive force an actual compressive force, to compare the actual compressive force with a setpoint compressive force, to ascertain a difference between these, to generate on the basis of the difference an adjustment signal to compensate for the difference and to activate the drive unit with the adjustment signal for adjusting the adjustment element, the control device being designed to generate exclusively the adjustment signal for the one drive unit, and at least the adjustment element, the drive unit and the control device being integrated in a common housing. an adjustment element, which is adjustable to change a height dimension (H1, H2) of the adjustment device and thereby adjust the ensured sheet holder spacing, an electrically activatable drive unit, which is connected to the adjustment element in order to drive the adjustment element for adjusting the same, a sensor, which is designed to sense a physical variable, from which a compressive force that acts on the adjustment device during the placement of the supporting portions (4.1, 6.2) on the adjustment device can be derived, and a control device, which is connected to the drive unit and the sensor and is designed to determine from the sensed physical variable the compressive force acting on the adjustment device, to determine on the basis of the compressive force an actual compressive force, to compare the actual compressive force with a setpoint compressive force, to ascertain a difference between these, to generate on the basis of the difference an adjustment signal to compensate for the difference and to activate the drive unit with the adjustment signal for adjusting the adjustment element, the control device being designed to generate exclusively the adjustment signal for the one drive unit, and at least the adjustment element, the drive unit and the control device being integrated in a common housing.