diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
index 52b0f69c4..6610cbb0f 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
@@ -2408,10 +2408,18 @@ StScrollView.frequent-apps StScrollBar {
     color: orange;
 }
 
-.unlock-dialog-user-name-container {
+.user-widget {
     spacing: .4em;
 }
 
+.user-widget-label {
+    font-size: 16pt;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    text-align: left;
+    padding-left: 15px;
+    text-shadow: black 0px 4px 3px 0px;
+}
+
 /* Screen shield */
 
 .screen-shield-background {
diff --git a/js/Makefile.am b/js/Makefile.am
index b6fcea733..8b19bcbac 100644
--- a/js/Makefile.am
+++ b/js/Makefile.am
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ nobase_dist_js_DATA = 	\
 	ui/tweener.js		\
 	ui/unlockDialog.js	\
 	ui/userMenu.js		\
+	ui/userWidget.js	\
 	ui/viewSelector.js	\
 	ui/wanda.js		\
 	ui/windowAttentionHandler.js	\
diff --git a/js/ui/unlockDialog.js b/js/ui/unlockDialog.js
index f1efe5cad..8ddb3e3bd 100644
--- a/js/ui/unlockDialog.js
+++ b/js/ui/unlockDialog.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const Panel = imports.ui.panel;
 const ShellEntry = imports.ui.shellEntry;
 const Tweener = imports.ui.tweener;
 const UserMenu = imports.ui.userMenu;
+const UserWidget = imports.ui.userWidget;
 
 const Batch = imports.gdm.batch;
 const GdmUtil = imports.gdm.util;
@@ -55,59 +56,6 @@ function isSupported() {
     }
 }
 
-// A widget showing the user avatar and name
-const UserWidget = new Lang.Class({
-    Name: 'UserWidget',
-
-    _init: function(user) {
-        this._user = user;
-
-        this.actor = new St.BoxLayout({ style_class: 'unlock-dialog-user-name-container',
-                                        vertical: false });
-
-        this._avatar = new UserMenu.UserAvatarWidget(user);
-        this.actor.add(this._avatar.actor,
-                       { x_fill: true, y_fill: true });
-
-        this._label = new St.Label({ style_class: 'login-dialog-username' });
-        this.actor.add(this._label,
-                       { expand: true,
-                         x_fill: true,
-                         y_fill: false,
-                         y_align: St.Align.MIDDLE });
-
-        this._userLoadedId = this._user.connect('notify::is-loaded',
-                                                Lang.bind(this, this._updateUser));
-        this._userChangedId = this._user.connect('changed',
-                                                 Lang.bind(this, this._updateUser));
-        if (this._user.is_loaded)
-            this._updateUser();
-    },
-
-    destroy: function() {
-        if (this._userLoadedId != 0) {
-            this._user.disconnect(this._userLoadedId);
-            this._userLoadedId = 0;
-        }
-
-        if (this._userChangedId != 0) {
-            this._user.disconnect(this._userChangedId);
-            this._userChangedId = 0;
-        }
-
-        this.actor.destroy();
-    },
-
-    _updateUser: function() {
-        if (this._user.is_loaded)
-            this._label.text = this._user.get_real_name();
-        else
-            this._label.text = '';
-
-        this._avatar.update();
-    }
-});
-
 const UnlockDialog = new Lang.Class({
     Name: 'UnlockDialog',
     Extends: ModalDialog.ModalDialog,
@@ -138,7 +86,7 @@ const UnlockDialog = new Lang.Class({
         this._userVerifier.connect('show-login-hint', Lang.bind(this, this._showLoginHint));
         this._userVerifier.connect('hide-login-hint', Lang.bind(this, this._hideLoginHint));
 
-        this._userWidget = new UserWidget(this._user);
+        this._userWidget = new UserWidget.UserWidget(this._user);
         this.contentLayout.add_actor(this._userWidget.actor);
 
         this._promptLayout = new St.BoxLayout({ style_class: 'login-dialog-prompt-layout',
diff --git a/js/ui/userWidget.js b/js/ui/userWidget.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06de0fc64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/ui/userWidget.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+
+// -*- mode: js; js-indent-level: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+//
+// A widget showing the user avatar and name
+const AccountsService = imports.gi.AccountsService;
+const Lang = imports.lang;
+const St = imports.gi.St;
+
+const UserMenu = imports.ui.userMenu;
+
+const UserWidget = new Lang.Class({
+    Name: 'UserWidget',
+
+    _init: function(user) {
+        this._user = user;
+
+        this.actor = new St.BoxLayout({ style_class: 'user-widget',
+                                        vertical: false });
+
+        this._avatar = new UserMenu.UserAvatarWidget(user);
+        this.actor.add(this._avatar.actor,
+                       { x_fill: true, y_fill: true });
+
+        this._label = new St.Label({ style_class: 'user-widget-label' });
+        this.actor.add(this._label,
+                       { expand: true,
+                         x_fill: true,
+                         y_fill: false,
+                         y_align: St.Align.MIDDLE });
+
+        this._userLoadedId = this._user.connect('notify::is-loaded',
+                                                Lang.bind(this, this._updateUser));
+        this._userChangedId = this._user.connect('changed',
+                                                 Lang.bind(this, this._updateUser));
+        if (this._user.is_loaded)
+            this._updateUser();
+    },
+
+    destroy: function() {
+        if (this._userLoadedId != 0) {
+            this._user.disconnect(this._userLoadedId);
+            this._userLoadedId = 0;
+        }
+
+        if (this._userChangedId != 0) {
+            this._user.disconnect(this._userChangedId);
+            this._userChangedId = 0;
+        }
+
+        this.actor.destroy();
+    },
+
+    _updateUser: function() {
+        if (this._user.is_loaded)
+            this._label.text = this._user.get_real_name();
+        else
+            this._label.text = '';
+
+        this._avatar.update();
+    }
+});