diff --git a/app/views/issues/_form.rhtml b/app/views/issues/_form.rhtml
index 0ca12554d..ff9b37685 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/_form.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/issues/_form.rhtml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
                    :class => 'wiki-edit' %></p>
 </div>
 
+<div class="attributes">
 <div class="splitcontentleft">
 <% if @issue.new_record? || @allowed_statuses.any? %>
 <p><%= f.select :status_id, (@allowed_statuses.collect {|p| [p.name, p.id]}), :required => true %></p>
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 
 <div style="clear:both;"> </div>
 <%= render :partial => 'form_custom_fields' %>
+</div>
 
 <% if @issue.new_record? %>
 <p><label><%=l(:label_attachment_plural)%></label><%= render :partial => 'attachments/form' %></p>
diff --git a/app/views/issues/_form_update.rhtml b/app/views/issues/_form_update.rhtml
index 25e81a7fd..3f17a0300 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/_form_update.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/issues/_form_update.rhtml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<div class="attributes">
 <div class="splitcontentleft">
 <p><%= f.select :status_id, (@allowed_statuses.collect {|p| [p.name, p.id]}), :required => true %></p>
 <p><%= f.select :assigned_to_id, (@issue.assignable_users.collect {|m| [m.name, m.id]}), :include_blank => true %></p>
@@ -8,3 +9,4 @@
                           (@project.versions.sort.collect {|v| [v.name, v.id]}),
                           { :include_blank => true })) unless @project.versions.empty? %>
 </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index f0ba7929d..a4251af91 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ table#time-report tbody tr.last-level { font-style: normal; color: #555; }
 table#time-report tbody tr.total { font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; color: #555; background-color:#EEEEEE; }
 table#time-report .hours-dec { font-size: 0.9em; }
 
+form#issue-form .attributes { margin-bottom: 8px; }
+form#issue-form .attributes p { padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 2px; }
+form#issue-form .attributes select { min-width: 30%; }
+
 ul.properties {padding:0; font-size: 0.9em; color: #777;}
 ul.properties li {list-style-type:none;}
 ul.properties li span {font-style:italic;}