diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index 8d0e79f33..25038885b 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ themedir = $(pkgdatadir)/theme
 dist_theme_DATA =				\
 	theme/calendar-arrow-left.svg		\
 	theme/calendar-arrow-right.svg		\
+	theme/calendar-today.svg		\
 	theme/close-window.svg			\
 	theme/close.svg				\
 	theme/corner-ripple.png			\
diff --git a/data/theme/calendar-today.svg b/data/theme/calendar-today.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59d2db7b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/theme/calendar-today.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
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+
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+   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
+   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
+   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
+   width="28"
+   height="25"
+   id="svg10621"
+   version="1.1"
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+   sodipodi:docname="calendar-today.svg">
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+       cy="30"
+       fx="51"
+       fy="30"
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+      <stop
+         style="stop-color:#ffffff;stop-opacity:1;"
+         offset="0"
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+      <stop
+         style="stop-color:#ffffff;stop-opacity:0;"
+         offset="1"
+         id="stop34512-4-5" />
+    </linearGradient>
+    <radialGradient
+       r="42"
+       fy="30"
+       fx="51"
+       cy="30"
+       cx="51"
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+       gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse"
+       id="radialGradient10592"
+       xlink:href="#linearGradient34508-1-3"
+       inkscape:collect="always" />
+    <radialGradient
+       inkscape:collect="always"
+       xlink:href="#linearGradient34508-1-3"
+       id="radialGradient3770"
+       gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse"
+       gradientTransform="matrix(0.72146227,0,0,0.27484277,14.205424,21.754717)"
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+       cy="30"
+       fx="51"
+       fy="30"
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+       cy="30"
+       fx="51"
+       fy="30"
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+       cy="30"
+       fx="51"
+       fy="30"
+       r="42" />
+    <radialGradient
+       inkscape:collect="always"
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+       cx="51"
+       cy="30"
+       fx="51"
+       fy="30"
+       r="42" />
+    <radialGradient
+       inkscape:collect="always"
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+       gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse"
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+       cx="51"
+       cy="30"
+       fx="51"
+       fy="30"
+       r="42" />
+    <radialGradient
+       inkscape:collect="always"
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+       cx="51"
+       cy="30"
+       fx="51"
+       fy="30"
+       r="42" />
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+     id="base"
+     pagecolor="#000000"
+     bordercolor="#666666"
+     borderopacity="1.0"
+     inkscape:pageopacity="0"
+     inkscape:pageshadow="2"
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+     inkscape:cx="8.3750933"
+     inkscape:cy="8.0837211"
+     inkscape:document-units="px"
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+     fit-margin-top="0"
+     fit-margin-left="0"
+     fit-margin-right="0"
+     fit-margin-bottom="0"
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+     inkscape:window-height="843"
+     inkscape:window-x="0"
+     inkscape:window-y="26"
+     inkscape:window-maximized="1" />
+  <metadata
+     id="metadata10626">
+    <rdf:RDF>
+      <cc:Work
+         rdf:about="">
+        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
+        <dc:type
+           rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
+        <dc:title />
+      </cc:Work>
+    </rdf:RDF>
+  </metadata>
+  <g
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+     inkscape:groupmode="layer"
+     id="layer1"
+     transform="translate(-469.08263,-536.99307)">
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+         inkscape:export-ydpi="90"
+         inkscape:export-xdpi="90"
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+         sodipodi:end="6.2831853"
+         sodipodi:start="3.1415927"
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+         sodipodi:rx="42"
+         sodipodi:cy="30"
+         sodipodi:cx="51"
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+         y="558.85046"
+         x="468.96878"
+         height="3.1425927"
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+</svg>
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
index 729c51f27..2aa110f27 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
@@ -801,11 +801,11 @@ StTooltip StLabel {
 }
 
 .calendar-day-base:hover {
-    background: #777777;
+    background-color: #777777;
 }
 
 .calendar-day-base:active {
-    background: #555555;
+    background-color: #555555;
 }
 
 .calendar-day-heading {
@@ -839,11 +839,10 @@ StTooltip StLabel {
 }
 
 .calendar-today {
+    background-image: url("calendar-today.svg");
+    text-shadow: black 0px 2px 2px;
     color: #ffffff;
     font-weight: bold;
-    background-gradient-direction: vertical;
-    background-gradient-start: #3c3c3c;
-    background-gradient-end: #131313;
 }
 
 .calendar-other-month-day {