diff --git a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/GerritCss.java b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/GerritCss.java
index f9569a824a..57f9c39b7f 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/GerritCss.java
+++ b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/GerritCss.java
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ public interface GerritCss extends CssResource {
   String skipLine();
   String smallHeading();
   String sourceFilePath();
+  String specialBranchDataCell();
+  String specialBranchIconCell();
   String sshHostKeyPanel();
   String sshHostKeyPanelFingerprintData();
   String sshHostKeyPanelHeading();
diff --git a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/admin/ProjectBranchesScreen.java b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/admin/ProjectBranchesScreen.java
index 8c8f2f0b34..406333bb9d 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/admin/ProjectBranchesScreen.java
+++ b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/admin/ProjectBranchesScreen.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.HTML;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Label;
 import com.google.gwtjsonrpc.client.RemoteJsonException;
 
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
+
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -313,11 +315,19 @@ public class ProjectBranchesScreen extends ProjectScreen {
       }
 
       final FlexCellFormatter fmt = table.getFlexCellFormatter();
-      fmt.addStyleName(row, 1, Gerrit.RESOURCES.css().iconCell());
-      fmt.addStyleName(row, 2, Gerrit.RESOURCES.css().dataCell());
-      fmt.addStyleName(row, 3, Gerrit.RESOURCES.css().dataCell());
+      String iconCellStyle = Gerrit.RESOURCES.css().iconCell();
+      String dataCellStyle = Gerrit.RESOURCES.css().dataCell();
+      if ("refs/meta/config".equals(k.getShortName())
+          || Constants.HEAD.equals(k.getShortName())) {
+        iconCellStyle = Gerrit.RESOURCES.css().specialBranchIconCell();
+        dataCellStyle = Gerrit.RESOURCES.css().specialBranchDataCell();
+        fmt.setStyleName(row, 0, iconCellStyle);
+      }
+      fmt.addStyleName(row, 1, iconCellStyle);
+      fmt.addStyleName(row, 2, dataCellStyle);
+      fmt.addStyleName(row, 3, dataCellStyle);
       if (c != null) {
-        fmt.addStyleName(row, 4, Gerrit.RESOURCES.css().dataCell());
+        fmt.addStyleName(row, 4, dataCellStyle);
       }
 
       setRowItem(row, k);
diff --git a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/gerrit.css b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/gerrit.css
index 8033c50a8e..881c2a4bb6 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/gerrit.css
+++ b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/gerrit.css
@@ -1363,3 +1363,17 @@ a:hover.downloadLink {
   margin-right: 2px;
   margin-bottom: 2px;
 }
+
+
+/** ProjectBranchesScreen **/
+.specialBranchIconCell {
+  background: #ECECEC;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #FFFFFF;
+  border-top: 1px solid #FFFFFF;
+}
+.specialBranchDataCell {
+  background: #ECECEC;
+  border: 1px solid white;
+  font-style: italic;
+  padding: 2px 6px 1px;
+}