diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index f36951629..055ad3ae2 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ dist_theme_DATA =				\
 	theme/process-working.svg		\
 	theme/running-indicator.svg		\
 	theme/source-button-border.svg		\
+	theme/summary-counter.svg		\
 	theme/toggle-off-us.svg			\
 	theme/toggle-off-intl.svg		\
 	theme/toggle-on-us.svg			\
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
index dee7e4c77..2337cef46 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
@@ -1438,13 +1438,14 @@ StButton.popup-menu-item:insensitive {
 }
 
 .summary-source-counter {
-    color: white;
-    background-color: #3465A4;
-    text-shadow: black 1px 1px 0;
-    font-size: 9pt;
-    border-radius: 1em;
-    min-height: 1em;
-    min-width: 1em;
+    background-image: url("summary-counter.svg");
+    background-size: 2.5em;
+    font-size: 10pt;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    height: 2.5em;
+    width: 2.5em;
+    -shell-counter-overlap-x: 4px;
+    -shell-counter-overlap-y: 4px;
 }
 
 /* App Switcher */
diff --git a/data/theme/summary-counter.svg b/data/theme/summary-counter.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3264fde8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/theme/summary-counter.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
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+
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+   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"
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+   version="1.0"
+   id="Foreground"
+   x="0px"
+   y="0px"
+   width="32"
+   height="32"
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+   enable-background="new 0 0 16 16"
+   xml:space="preserve"
+   sodipodi:version="0.32"
+   inkscape:version="0.48.2 r9819"
+   sodipodi:docname="summary-counter.svg"
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/ui/messageTray.js b/js/ui/messageTray.js
index 481161a17..1a6036651 100644
--- a/js/ui/messageTray.js
+++ b/js/ui/messageTray.js
@@ -953,11 +953,22 @@ const SourceActor = new Lang.Class({
         }));
         this._actorDestroyed = false;
 
-        this._counterLabel = new St.Label();
+        this._counterLabel = new St.Label( {x_align: Clutter.ActorAlign.CENTER,
+                                            x_expand: true,
+                                            y_align: Clutter.ActorAlign.CENTER,
+                                            y_expand: true });
+
         this._counterBin = new St.Bin({ style_class: 'summary-source-counter',
-                                        child: this._counterLabel });
+                                        child: this._counterLabel,
+                                        layout_manager: new Clutter.BinLayout() });
         this._counterBin.hide();
 
+        this._counterBin.connect('style-changed', Lang.bind(this, function() {
+            let themeNode = this._counterBin.get_theme_node();
+            this._counterBin.translation_x = themeNode.get_length('-shell-counter-overlap-x');
+            this._counterBin.translation_y = themeNode.get_length('-shell-counter-overlap-y');
+        }));
+
         this._iconBin = new St.Bin({ width: size,
                                      height: size,
                                      x_fill: true,
@@ -1026,7 +1037,14 @@ const SourceActor = new Lang.Class({
             return;
 
         this._counterBin.visible = this._source.countVisible;
-        this._counterLabel.set_text(this._source.count.toString());
+
+        let text;
+        if (this._source.count < 100)
+            text = this._source.count.toString();
+        else
+            text = String.fromCharCode(0x22EF); // midline horizontal ellipsis
+
+        this._counterLabel.set_text(text);
     }
 });