diff --git a/mod/data/lang/en/data.php b/mod/data/lang/en/data.php
index f9ec9dcb595..cf3f7dccd6f 100644
--- a/mod/data/lang/en/data.php
+++ b/mod/data/lang/en/data.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ $string['addtemplate'] = 'Add template';
 $string['advancedsearch'] = 'Advanced search';
 $string['allowcomments'] = 'Allow comments on entries';
 $string['alttext'] = 'Alternative text';
+$string['approvalstatus'] = 'Approval status';
 $string['approve'] = 'Approve';
 $string['approved'] = 'Approved';
 $string['areacontent'] = 'Fields';
diff --git a/mod/data/lib.php b/mod/data/lib.php
index 9bd39ce0cac..2a43b9af7ab 100644
--- a/mod/data/lib.php
+++ b/mod/data/lib.php
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ function data_generate_default_template(&$data, $template, $recordid=0, $form=fa
     if ($fields = $DB->get_records('data_fields', array('dataid'=>$data->id), 'id')) {
 
         $table = new html_table();
-        $table->attributes['class'] = 'mod-data-default-template';
+        $table->attributes['class'] = 'mod-data-default-template ##approvalstatus##';
         $table->colclasses = array('template-field', 'template-token');
         $table->data = array();
         foreach ($fields as $field) {
@@ -1327,6 +1327,15 @@ function data_print_template($template, $records, $data, $search='', $page=0, $r
             $replacement[] = '';
         }
 
+        $patterns[] = '##approvalstatus##';
+        if (!$data->approval) {
+            $replacement[] = '';
+        } else if ($record->approved) {
+            $replacement[] = 'approved';
+        } else {
+            $replacement[] = 'notapproved';
+        }
+
         $patterns[]='##comments##';
         if (($template == 'listtemplate') && ($data->comments)) {
 
diff --git a/mod/data/styles.css b/mod/data/styles.css
index 3c28c3244fa..61b088302ba 100644
--- a/mod/data/styles.css
+++ b/mod/data/styles.css
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 .mod-data-default-template .template-token {text-align:left;}
 .mod-data-default-template .controls {text-align:center;}
 .mod-data-default-template searchcontrols {text-align:right;}
+.mod-data-default-template.notapproved {background-color:#FFCCCC;}
 #page-mod-data-templates td.save_template,
 #page-mod-data-templates .template_heading {
      text-align:center;
diff --git a/mod/data/templates.php b/mod/data/templates.php
index f2c0388d2f9..bcf374d52a8 100644
--- a/mod/data/templates.php
+++ b/mod/data/templates.php
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ if ($mode != 'csstemplate' and $mode != 'jstemplate') {
         echo '<option value="##timemodified##">'.get_string('timemodified', 'data'). ' - ##timemodified##</option>';
         echo '<option value="##user##">' .get_string('user'). ' - ##user##</option>';
         echo '<option value="##userpicture##">' . get_string('userpic') . ' - ##userpicture##</option>';
+        echo '<option value="##approvalstatus##">' .get_string('approvalstatus', 'data'). ' - ##approvalstatus##</option>';
         if ($mode != 'singletemplate') {
             // more points to single template - not useable there
             echo '<option value="##comments##">' .get_string('comments', 'data'). ' - ##comments##</option>';