diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/events.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/events.scss
index 35571748118..14ad26bcd6b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/events.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/events.scss
@@ -4,11 +4,16 @@
  */
 .event-item {
   font-size: $gl-font-size;
-  padding: $gl-padding 0;
+  padding: $gl-padding-top 0 $gl-padding-top ($gl-avatar-size + $gl-padding-top);
   border-bottom: 1px solid $white-normal;
   color: $list-text-color;
+  position: relative;
 
   &.event-inline {
+    .profile-icon {
+      top: 20px;
+    }
+
     .event-title,
     .event-item-timestamp {
       line-height: 40px;
@@ -19,22 +24,36 @@
     color: $gl-text-color;
   }
 
+  .profile-icon {
+    position: absolute;
+    left: 0;
+    top: 14px;
+
+    svg {
+      width: 20px;
+      height: auto;
+      fill: $gl-text-color-secondary;
+    }
+
+    &.open-icon svg {
+      fill: $green-300;
+    }
+
+    &.closed-icon svg {
+      fill: $red-300;
+    }
+
+    &.fork-icon svg {
+      fill: $blue-300;
+    }
+  }
+
   .event-title {
     @include str-truncated(calc(100% - 174px));
     font-weight: 600;
     color: $list-text-color;
   }
 
-  .event-icon {
-    display: inline-block;
-    margin: 0 10px;
-  }
-
-  svg {
-    height: 16px;
-    width: 16px;
-  }
-
   .event-body {
     margin-right: 174px;
 
@@ -164,7 +183,7 @@
       max-width: 100%;
     }
 
-    .avatar {
+    .profile-icon {
       display: none;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/views/events/event/_common.html.haml b/app/views/events/event/_common.html.haml
index 98a4dda5b4d..2a98e58a03a 100644
--- a/app/views/events/event/_common.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/events/event/_common.html.haml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 - if event.target
   - if event.action_name == "opened"
-    .event-icon.open-icon
+    .profile-icon.open-icon
       = custom_icon("icon_status_open")
   - elsif event.action_name == "closed"
-    .event-icon.closed-icon
-    = custom_icon("icon_status_closed")
+    .profile-icon.closed-icon
+      = custom_icon("icon_status_closed")
   - else
-    .event-icon.fork-icon
-    = custom_icon("code_fork")
+    .profile-icon.fork-icon
+      = custom_icon("code_fork")
 
 .event-title
   %span{ class: event.action_name }
diff --git a/app/views/events/event/_created_project.html.haml b/app/views/events/event/_created_project.html.haml
index 6fb084df374..340d8c61026 100644
--- a/app/views/events/event/_created_project.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/events/event/_created_project.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.event-icon.open-icon
-= custom_icon("icon_status_open")
+.profile-icon.open-icon
+  = custom_icon("icon_status_open")
 
 .event-title
   %span{ class: event.action_name }
diff --git a/app/views/events/event/_note.html.haml b/app/views/events/event/_note.html.haml
index 755750b88d1..603bed6d705 100644
--- a/app/views/events/event/_note.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/events/event/_note.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.event-icon
+.profile-icon
   = custom_icon("comment_o")
 
 .event-title
diff --git a/app/views/events/event/_push.html.haml b/app/views/events/event/_push.html.haml
index be1730541ef..4abda4d9db4 100644
--- a/app/views/events/event/_push.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/events/event/_push.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - project = event.project
 
-.event-icon
+.profile-icon
   = custom_icon("icon_commit")
 
 .event-title