diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd6b4e0ba11..641932bd48c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ entry.
 - Improve search query parameter naming in /admin/users !7115 (YarNayar)
 - Fix table pagination to be responsive
 - Allow to search for user by secondary email address in the admin interface(/admin/users) !7115 (YarNayar)
+- Updated commit SHA styling on the branches page.
 
 ## 8.13.3 (2016-11-02)
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss
index 52d6a39bd59..e82b001271d 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss
@@ -164,7 +164,22 @@
 .branch-commit {
   color: $gl-gray;
 
-  .commit-id,
+  .commit-icon {
+    text-align: center;
+    display: inline-block;
+
+    svg {
+      height: 14px;
+      width: 14px;
+      vertical-align: middle;
+      fill: $table-text-gray;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .commit-id{
+    color: $gl-link-color;
+  }
+
   .commit-row-message {
     color: $gl-gray;
   }
diff --git a/app/views/projects/branches/_commit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/branches/_commit.html.haml
index d54c76ff9c8..de607772df6 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/branches/_commit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/branches/_commit.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 .branch-commit
+  .icon-container.commit-icon
+    = custom_icon("icon_commit")
   = link_to commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit.id), class: "commit-id monospace"
   ·
   %span.str-truncated