diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index b5f902b74..8d0e79f33 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ dist_theme_DATA =				\
 	theme/mosaic-view-active.svg		\
 	theme/mosaic-view.svg			\
 	theme/move-window-on-new.svg		\
+	theme/panel-button-border.svg		\
+	theme/panel-button-highlight-narrow.svg	\
+	theme/panel-button-highlight-wide.svg	\
 	theme/process-working.png		\
 	theme/running-indicator.svg		\
 	theme/scroll-button-down-hover.png	\
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
index 7b8a699d7..4cb71aa89 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ StTooltip StLabel {
 #panel {
     color: #ffffff;
     background-color: black;
+    border: 0px solid #536272;
+    border-bottom-width: 1px;
 }
 
 #panelLeft, #panelCenter, #panelRight {
@@ -209,26 +211,37 @@ StTooltip StLabel {
 
 .panel-button {
     padding: 0px 12px;
-    border-radius: 5px;
-    border-radius-bottomleft: 0px;
-    border-radius-bottomright: 0px;
     font-size: 14px;
     font-weight: bold;
+    color: #ccc;
     transition-duration: 100;
 }
 
-.panel-button:active, .panel-button:checked, .panel-button:focus {
-    background-gradient-direction: vertical;
-    background-gradient-start: #3c3c3c;
-    background-gradient-end: #131313;
+.panel-button:active,
+.panel-button:checked,
+.panel-button:focus {
+    border-image: url("panel-button-border.svg") 10 10 0 2;
+    background-image: url("panel-button-highlight-wide.svg");
+    color: white;
+    text-shadow: black 0px 2px 2px;
+}
+
+#statusTray > .panel-button:active,
+#statusTray > .panel-button:checked,
+#statusTray > .panel-button:focus {
+    background-image: url("panel-button-highlight-narrow.svg");
+}
+
+.panel-button:active > .system-status-icon,
+.panel-button:checked > .system-status-icon,
+.panel-button:focus > .system-status-icon {
+    icon-shadow: black 0px 2px 2px;
 }
 
 #panelActivities {
-    border-radius-topleft: 0px;
 }
 
 #panelStatus {
-    border-radius-topright: 0px;
 }
 
 #panelStatusMenu {
diff --git a/data/theme/panel-button-border.svg b/data/theme/panel-button-border.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0014fe812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/theme/panel-button-border.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
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+
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+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
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+   height="10"
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diff --git a/data/theme/panel-button-highlight-narrow.svg b/data/theme/panel-button-highlight-narrow.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..430b24e7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/theme/panel-button-highlight-narrow.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
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diff --git a/data/theme/panel-button-highlight-wide.svg b/data/theme/panel-button-highlight-wide.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24b0dd482
--- /dev/null
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