diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
index 01536eea9..a7cfc6593 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ StScrollBar StButton#vhandle:active {
     background-color: #4c4c4c;
 }
 
-StButton.popup-menu-item:insensitive {
+.popup-menu-item:insensitive {
     color: #9f9f9f;
 }
 
@@ -234,13 +234,18 @@ StButton.popup-menu-item:insensitive {
     spacing: .5em;
 }
 
-.popup-inactive-menu-item {
+.popup-status-menu-item {
     font-weight: normal;
     color: #999;
 }
 
-.popup-subtitle-menu-item {
+.popup-inactive-menu-item, .popup-inactive-menu-item:insensitive {
+    color: white;
+}
+
+.popup-subtitle-menu-item, .popup-subtitle-menu-item:insensitive {
     font-weight: bold;
+    color: white;
 }
 
 .popup-menu-icon {
diff --git a/js/ui/popupMenu.js b/js/ui/popupMenu.js
index 28be350da..c4b6c4ea6 100644
--- a/js/ui/popupMenu.js
+++ b/js/ui/popupMenu.js
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ const PopupBaseMenuItem = new Lang.Class({
 
         this.setSensitive(this.sensitive);
 
+        if (!this._activatable)
+            this.actor.add_style_class_name('popup-inactive-menu-item');
+
         if (params.style_class)
             this.actor.add_style_class_name(params.style_class);
 
@@ -763,7 +766,7 @@ const PopupSwitchMenuItem = new Lang.Class({
                       { expand: true, span: -1, align: St.Align.END });
 
         this._statusLabel = new St.Label({ text: '',
-                                           style_class: 'popup-inactive-menu-item'
+                                           style_class: 'popup-status-menu-item'
                                          });
         this._statusBin.child = this._switch.actor;
     },
diff --git a/js/ui/status/network.js b/js/ui/status/network.js
index 89aa63db0..4e4e155ce 100644
--- a/js/ui/status/network.js
+++ b/js/ui/status/network.js
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ const NMApplet = new Lang.Class({
         this._client = NMClient.Client.new();
 
         this._statusSection = new PopupMenu.PopupMenuSection();
-        this._statusItem = new PopupMenu.PopupMenuItem('', { style_class: 'popup-inactive-menu-item', reactive: false });
+        this._statusItem = new PopupMenu.PopupMenuItem('', { reactive: false });
         this._statusSection.addMenuItem(this._statusItem);
         this._statusSection.addAction(_("Enable networking"), Lang.bind(this, function() {
             this._client.networking_enabled = true;