diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessengerWindow.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessengerWindow.ui
index d6b6f39e3..f60ec6100 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessengerWindow.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessengerWindow.ui
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@
     </property>
     <item row="0" column="0">
      <widget class="QFrame" name="messengerframetop">
+      <property name="styleSheet">
+       <string notr="true">#messengerframetop {
+border: none;
+background: qlineargradient(x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 0, y2: 1,
+stop: 0 #a6a6a6, stop: 0.08 #7f7f7f,
+stop: 0.39999 #717171, stop: 0.4 #626262,
+stop: 0.9 #4c4c4c, stop: 1 #333333);
+}</string>
+      </property>
       <property name="frameShape">
        <enum>QFrame::StyledPanel</enum>
       </property>