diff --git a/src/Hydra/root/channel-contents.tt b/src/Hydra/root/channel-contents.tt
index a2c81706..90936a16 100644
--- a/src/Hydra/root/channel-contents.tt
+++ b/src/Hydra/root/channel-contents.tt
@@ -47,12 +47,14 @@ install the package simply by clicking on the packages below.</p>
   
   <tbody>
 
+    [% odd = 0 %]
+
     [% FOREACH pkg IN nixPkgs %]
 
       [% build = pkg.build %]
       [% uri = "${curUri}/pkg/${pkg.name}.nixpkg" %]
 
-      <tr class="clickable" onclick="window.location = '[% uri %]'">
+      <tr class="clickable [% IF odd %] odd [% END; odd = !odd %]" onclick="window.location = '[% uri %]'">
         <td><a href="[% c.uri_for('/build' build.id) %]">[% build.id %]</a></td>
         <td><a href="[% uri %]"><tt>[% build.resultInfo.releasename || build.nixname %]</tt></a></td>
         <td><tt>[% build.system %]</tt></td>
diff --git a/src/Hydra/root/common.tt b/src/Hydra/root/common.tt
index 435651f6..0d325194 100644
--- a/src/Hydra/root/common.tt
+++ b/src/Hydra/root/common.tt
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@
       </tr>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
+      [% odd = 0 %]
       [% FOREACH build IN builds -%]
-        <tr class="clickable [% IF showSchedulingInfo -%]
-                   [% IF build.schedulingInfo.busy %]runningBuild[% END %] [% IF build.schedulingInfo.disabled == 1 || build.project.enabled == 0 %]disabledBuild[% END -%]
+        <tr class="clickable
+                   [% IF showSchedulingInfo -%]
+                     [% IF build.schedulingInfo.busy %]runningBuild[% END %] [% IF build.schedulingInfo.disabled == 1 || build.project.enabled == 0 %]disabledBuild[% END -%]
+                   [% ELSE -%]
+                     [% IF odd %] odd [% END; odd = !odd -%]
                    [% END %]"
             onclick="window.location = '[% c.uri_for('/build' build.id) %]'">
           [% IF !hideResultInfo %]
diff --git a/src/Hydra/root/static/css/hydra.css b/src/Hydra/root/static/css/hydra.css
index bd269071..c10efb86 100644
--- a/src/Hydra/root/static/css/hydra.css
+++ b/src/Hydra/root/static/css/hydra.css
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ tr.clickable:hover {
     cursor: pointer;
 }
 
+tr.odd {
+    background: #f4f4f4;
+}
+
 .layoutTable td, .layoutTable th {
     border-style: none;
 }