diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/viewtopic_body.html b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/viewtopic_body.html
index fb0b9733e7..b4eb521c47 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/viewtopic_body.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/viewtopic_body.html
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 									<div>
 								<!-- ENDIF -->
 									<a href="<!-- IF postrow.contact.U_CONTACT -->{postrow.contact.U_CONTACT}<!-- ELSE -->{postrow.contact.U_PROFILE_AUTHOR}<!-- ENDIF -->" title="{postrow.contact.NAME}"<!-- IF $S_LAST_CELL --> class="last-cell"<!-- ENDIF --><!-- IF postrow.contact.ID eq 'jabber' --> onclick="popup(this.href, 550, 320); return false;"<!-- ENDIF -->>
-										<span class="contact-icon {postrow.contact.ID}-icon"></span>
+										<span class="contact-icon {postrow.contact.ID}-icon"><span>{postrow.contact.NAME}</span></span>
 									</a>
 								<!-- IF REMAINDER eq 3 or postrow.contact.S_LAST_ROW -->
 									</div>
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/buttons.css b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/buttons.css
index 19cb547bd4..c35ff7922c 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/buttons.css
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/buttons.css
@@ -133,6 +133,14 @@ ul.linklist.bulletin li.small-icon:before {
 	clear: left;
 }
 
+.contact-icons span.contact-icon  span{
+	display: block;
+	height: 0;
+	overflow: hidden;
+	position: absolute;
+	width: 1px;
+}
+
 /* Profile icons */
 .pm-icon		{ background-position: 0 0; }
 .email-icon		{ background-position: -21px 0; }