diff --git a/actionbar/res/layout/actionbar.xml b/actionbar/res/layout/actionbar.xml
index 03d7916..6464545 100644
--- a/actionbar/res/layout/actionbar.xml
+++ b/actionbar/res/layout/actionbar.xml
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@
                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                 android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                 android:layout_centerVertical="true"
-                android:paddingRight="5dip"
+                android:paddingRight="7dip"
                 android:indeterminateOnly="true"
                 android:visibility="gone"
-                style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleSmall"
+                style="@style/ActionBarProgressBar"
                 />
             <com.markupartist.android.widget.ScrollingTextView
                 android:id="@+id/actionbar_title"
diff --git a/actionbar/res/values/styles.xml b/actionbar/res/values/styles.xml
index fb59fb5..69423aa 100644
--- a/actionbar/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/actionbar/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@
         <item name="android:layout_marginRight">1px</item>
         <item name="android:layout_marginLeft">0px</item>
     </style>
+    <style name="ActionBarProgressBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.ProgressBar.Small">
+    </style>
 </resources>
diff --git a/actionbarexample/res/values/styles.xml b/actionbarexample/res/values/styles.xml
index 65437e4..51be870 100644
--- a/actionbarexample/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/actionbarexample/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -14,4 +14,12 @@
         <item name="android:layout_margin">0px</item>
     </style>
      -->
+
+    <!--
+    Example of how to change the style of the progress bar.
+    -->
+    <!--
+    <style name="ActionBarProgressBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.ProgressBar.Small.Inverse">
+    </style>
+     -->
 </resources>
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