diff --git a/theme/afterburner/style/afterburner_styles.css b/theme/afterburner/style/afterburner_styles.css
index eb9260e7e6e..5d78380ceaf 100644
--- a/theme/afterburner/style/afterburner_styles.css
+++ b/theme/afterburner/style/afterburner_styles.css
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ select, input, button {
     background-color: #34637f;
     color: #fff;
 }
+.ie7 select { /* fixes compatibility view */
+    background-color: #eee;
+    color: #036;
+}
 #loginbtn, input, button, select {
     cursor: pointer;
     margin-left: 5px;
@@ -465,4 +469,4 @@ body#page-course-view-topics.path-course div.moodle-dialogue-base div.yui3-widge
 .file-picker button,
 .file-picker textarea {
     background-color: #EEE;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}