diff --git a/theme/bootstrapbase/renderers/core_renderer.php b/theme/bootstrapbase/renderers/core_renderer.php
index 7f0663dfd68..318f3849442 100644
--- a/theme/bootstrapbase/renderers/core_renderer.php
+++ b/theme/bootstrapbase/renderers/core_renderer.php
@@ -221,3 +221,48 @@ class theme_bootstrapbase_core_renderer extends core_renderer {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Overridden core maintenance renderer.
+ *
+ * This renderer gets used instead of the standard core_renderer during maintenance
+ * tasks such as installation and upgrade.
+ * We override it in order to style those scenarios consistently with the regular
+ * bootstrap look and feel.
+ *
+ * @package    theme_bootstrapbase
+ * @copyright  2014 Sam Hemelryk
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class theme_bootstrapbase_core_renderer_maintenance extends core_renderer_maintenance {
+    /**
+     * Renders notifications for maintenance scripts.
+     *
+     * We need to override this method in the same way we do for the core_renderer maintenance method
+     * found above.
+     * Please note this isn't required of every function, only functions used during maintenance.
+     * In this case notification is used to print errors and we want pretty errors.
+     *
+     * @param string $message
+     * @param string $classes
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function notification($message, $classes = 'notifyproblem') {
+        $message = clean_text($message);
+        $type = '';
+
+        if (($classes == 'notifyproblem') || ($classes == 'notifytiny')) {
+            $type = 'alert alert-error';
+        }
+        if ($classes == 'notifysuccess') {
+            $type = 'alert alert-success';
+        }
+        if ($classes == 'notifymessage') {
+            $type = 'alert alert-info';
+        }
+        if ($classes == 'redirectmessage') {
+            $type = 'alert alert-block alert-info';
+        }
+        return "<div class=\"$type\">$message</div>";
+    }
+}