diff --git a/lib/email/styles.rb b/lib/email/styles.rb
index 9d51219b57d..18f99fa483e 100644
--- a/lib/email/styles.rb
+++ b/lib/email/styles.rb
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ module Email
         element.css('a').each do |inner|
           # we want the first footer link to be specially highlighted as IMPORTANT
           if footernum == 0 and linknum == 0
-            inner['style'] = "background-color:#006699;color:#fff;padding:4px 6px;"
+            inner['style'] = "font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #006699; color:#ffffff; border-top: 12px solid #006699; border-bottom: 12px solid #006699; border-right: 18px solid #006699; border-left: 18px solid #006699; display: inline-block;"
           else
             inner['style'] = "color:#666;"
           end