diff --git a/indra/newview/llfolderview.cpp b/indra/newview/llfolderview.cpp
index adf7f08702ecbc28c09a9bbe87fb4e5a42f1e444..db6998b2678be9d054f5ad4a80ef20906529396c 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llfolderview.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llfolderview.cpp
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ BOOL LLFolderView::addFolder( LLFolderViewFolder* folder)
 	else
 	{
 		mFolders.insert(mFolders.begin(), folder);
+		folder->setShowLoadStatus(true);
 	}
 	folder->setOrigin(0, 0);
 	folder->reshape(getRect().getWidth(), 0);
diff --git a/indra/newview/llfolderviewitem.cpp b/indra/newview/llfolderviewitem.cpp
index 135821f662db00b9acfcc115425097a360d80f9c..8a139647082f10955fcc40656314d7c843a2569a 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llfolderviewitem.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llfolderviewitem.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ LLFolderViewItem::LLFolderViewItem(LLFolderViewItem::Params p)
 	mListener(p.listener),
 	mArrowImage(p.folder_arrow_image),
 	mBoxImage(p.selection_image),
-	mDontShowInHierarchy(false)
+	mDontShowInHierarchy(false),
+	mShowLoadStatus(false)
 {
 	refresh();
 }
@@ -966,10 +967,11 @@ void LLFolderViewItem::draw()
 		}
 
 
-		if ( mIsLoading 
-			&& mTimeSinceRequestStart.getElapsedTimeF32() >= gSavedSettings.getF32("FolderLoadingMessageWaitTime") )
+		if ( (mIsLoading && mTimeSinceRequestStart.getElapsedTimeF32() >= gSavedSettings.getF32("FolderLoadingMessageWaitTime"))
+			|| (LLInventoryModel::backgroundFetchActive() && mShowLoadStatus) )
 		{
-			font->renderUTF8(LLTrans::getString("LoadingData"), 0, text_left, y, sSearchStatusColor,
+			std::string load_string = LLTrans::getString("LoadingData") + " ";
+			font->renderUTF8(load_string, 0, text_left, y, sSearchStatusColor,
 					  LLFontGL::LEFT, LLFontGL::BOTTOM, LLFontGL::NORMAL, LLFontGL::NO_SHADOW, S32_MAX, S32_MAX, &right_x, FALSE);
 			text_left = right_x;
 		}
diff --git a/indra/newview/llfolderviewitem.h b/indra/newview/llfolderviewitem.h
index 620aa070b99a6aa775af10d69798a375ac4aeca7..a43096dcb2efc09269a23ec73dab8876cd0c308a 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llfolderviewitem.h
+++ b/indra/newview/llfolderviewitem.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ class LLFolderViewItem : public LLView
 	BOOL                        mIsLoading;
 	LLTimer                     mTimeSinceRequestStart;
 	bool						mDontShowInHierarchy;
+	bool						mShowLoadStatus;
 
 	// helper function to change the selection from the root.
 	void changeSelectionFromRoot(LLFolderViewItem* selection, BOOL selected);
@@ -254,6 +255,8 @@ class LLFolderViewItem : public LLView
 	BOOL getIsCurSelection() { return mIsCurSelection; }
 
 	BOOL hasVisibleChildren() { return mHasVisibleChildren; }
+	
+	void setShowLoadStatus(bool status) { mShowLoadStatus = status; }
 
 	// Call through to the viewed object and return true if it can be
 	// removed. Returns true if it's removed.
diff --git a/indra/newview/skins/default/colors.xml b/indra/newview/skins/default/colors.xml
index b6995d2122da6c60aecedd60a829db731589ad9c..91402acc0a61f2d3ff1caa1c1f08fb4679ae743e 100644
--- a/indra/newview/skins/default/colors.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/skins/default/colors.xml
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
      reference="White_25" />
     <color
      name="InventorySearchStatusColor"
-     reference="Black" />
+     reference="EmphasisColor" />
     <color
      name="LabelDisabledColor"
 	 reference="White_25" />