diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index 06827d0b3..8c090c08f 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ imagesdir = $(pkgdatadir)/images
 dist_images_DATA =				\
 	add-workspace.svg			\
 	app-well-glow.png			\
-	back.svg				\
 	close.svg				\
 	close-black.svg				\
 	info.svg				\
@@ -30,7 +29,8 @@ dist_theme_DATA =				\
 	theme/scroll-button-down-hover.png	\
 	theme/scroll-button-up.png		\
 	theme/scroll-button-up-hover.png	\
-	theme/scroll-vhandle.png
+	theme/scroll-vhandle.png        \
+	theme/section-back.svg
 
 schemadir  = @GCONF_SCHEMA_FILE_DIR@
 schema_DATA = gnome-shell.schemas
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
index 86ec44b84..a01d1eaf0 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
@@ -101,12 +101,24 @@ StScrollBar StButton#vhandle:hover
 .section-header-inner {
     border: 1px solid #000000;
     padding: 0px 4px;
+    spacing: 4px;
 }
 
 .section-text-content {
     padding: 4px 0px;
 }
 
+.section-header-back {
+    padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px;
+    border-right: 1px solid #262626;
+}
+
+.section-header-back-image {
+    background-image: url("section-back.svg");
+    width: 12px;
+    height: 16px;
+}
+
 .section-count {
 }
 
diff --git a/data/back.svg b/data/theme/section-back.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from data/back.svg
rename to data/theme/section-back.svg
diff --git a/js/ui/dash.js b/js/ui/dash.js
index 823a15d81..fe7a4dafb 100644
--- a/js/ui/dash.js
+++ b/js/ui/dash.js
@@ -403,21 +403,9 @@ function BackLink() {
 
 BackLink.prototype = {
     _init : function () {
-        this.actor = new Shell.ButtonBox({ orientation: Big.BoxOrientation.HORIZONTAL,
-                                           padding_right: DEFAULT_PADDING,
-                                           padding_left: DEFAULT_PADDING,
-                                           reactive: true,
-                                           x_align: Big.BoxAlignment.CENTER,
-                                           y_align: Big.BoxAlignment.CENTER,
-                                           border_right: SECTION_BORDER,
-                                           border_color: SECTION_BORDER_COLOR });
-
-        let backIconUri = "file://" + global.imagedir + "back.svg";
-        let backIcon = Shell.TextureCache.get_default().load_uri_sync(Shell.TextureCachePolicy.FOREVER,
-                                                                      backIconUri,
-                                                                      12,
-                                                                      16);
-        this.actor.append(backIcon, Big.BoxPackFlags.NONE);
+        this.actor = new St.Button({ style_class: "section-header-back",
+                                      reactive: true });
+        this.actor.set_child(new St.Bin({ style_class: "section-header-back-image" }));
     }
 }
 
@@ -442,13 +430,20 @@ SectionHeader.prototype = {
             this._onStyleChanged();
         }));
 
+        this.backLink = new BackLink();
+        this._innerBox.add(this.backLink.actor);
+        this.backLink.actor.hide();
+        this.backLink.actor.connect('clicked', Lang.bind(this, function (actor) {
+            this.emit('back-link-activated');
+        }));
+
         let textBox = new St.BoxLayout({ style_class: "section-text-content" });
         this.text = new St.Label({ style_class: "section-title",
                                    text: title });
         textBox.add(this.text, { x_align: St.Align.START });
 
         this.countText = new St.Label({ style_class: "section-count" });
-        textBox.add(this.countText, { x_align: St.Align.END });
+        textBox.add(this.countText, { expand: true, x_fill: false, x_align: St.Align.END });
         this.countText.hide();
 
         this._innerBox.add(textBox, { expand: true });