diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_content.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_content.jsx
index 4a7ba941eb629..603d4750dee49 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_content.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_content.jsx
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ class StatusContent extends PureComponent {
         link.addEventListener('click', this.onMentionClick.bind(this, mention), false);
         link.setAttribute('title', `@${mention.get('acct')}`);
         link.setAttribute('href', `/@${mention.get('acct')}`);
+        link.classList.add('custom-css-mention');
       } else if (link.textContent[0] === '#' || (link.previousSibling && link.previousSibling.textContent && link.previousSibling.textContent[link.previousSibling.textContent.length - 1] === '#')) {
         link.addEventListener('click', this.onHashtagClick.bind(this, link.text), false);
         link.setAttribute('href', `/tags/${link.text.replace(/^#/, '')}`);
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/statuses.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/statuses.scss
index b6d4f98cce529..909dff6d05238 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/statuses.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/statuses.scss
@@ -150,3 +150,8 @@
     }
   }
 }
+
+.custom-css-mention {
+  color: #0099ff;
+  font-weight: bold;
+}