diff --git a/core/css/fixes.css b/core/css/fixes.css
index 38d2147f3e25a0164e881912c0c0a50b372b3abc..b274454329a8f8230e80cac54ec1486a1dac5e55 100644
--- a/core/css/fixes.css
+++ b/core/css/fixes.css
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ select {
 }
 
 /* fix background of navigation popup in IE8 */
-.ie8 #navigation {
-	background-color: #24282F;
+.ie8 #navigation,
+.ie8 #expanddiv {
+	background-color: #111;
 }
 
 /* needed else IE8 will randomly hide the borders... */