diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/work_packages.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/work_packages.css
index 970f8ea1c5..f8b9edd26c 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/work_packages.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/work_packages.css
@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@ See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
 #work-packages-query-selection .select2-container {
   margin-left: 5px;
 }
+
+.issue .attributes td.work_package_attribute_header {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
diff --git a/app/helpers/work_packages_helper.rb b/app/helpers/work_packages_helper.rb
index 4995d115f1..d41225c4f6 100644
--- a/app/helpers/work_packages_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/work_packages_helper.rb
@@ -352,7 +352,9 @@ module WorkPackagesHelper
   def work_package_show_table_row(attribute, klass = nil, &block)
     klass = attribute.to_s.dasherize if klass.nil?
 
-    content = content_tag(:th, :class => klass) { "#{WorkPackage.human_attribute_name(attribute)}:" }
+    content = content_tag(:td, :class => [:work_package_attribute_header, klass]) do
+      "#{WorkPackage.human_attribute_name(attribute)}:"
+    end
     content << content_tag(:td, :class => klass, &block)
 
     WorkPackageAttribute.new(attribute, content)