diff --git a/app/partials/includes/components/backlog-row.jade b/app/partials/includes/components/backlog-row.jade
index 5a0dbf87..7b10d154 100644
--- a/app/partials/includes/components/backlog-row.jade
+++ b/app/partials/includes/components/backlog-row.jade
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-div.row.us-item-row(ng-repeat="us in visibleUserstories track by us.id", tg-bind-scope, ng-class="{blocked: us.is_blocked}")
+div.row.us-item-row(ng-repeat="us in visibleUserstories track by us.id", tg-bind-scope, ng-class="{blocked: us.is_blocked}", tg-class-permission="{'readonly': '!modify_us'}")
     div.user-stories
         div.tags-block(tg-colorize-tags="us.tags", tg-colorize-tags-type="backlog")
         div.user-story-name
diff --git a/app/styles/modules/backlog/backlog-table.scss b/app/styles/modules/backlog/backlog-table.scss
index c9dd613a..c92e6333 100644
--- a/app/styles/modules/backlog/backlog-table.scss
+++ b/app/styles/modules/backlog/backlog-table.scss
@@ -237,4 +237,8 @@
         opacity: 0;
         padding: .1rem .5rem 0 0;
     }
+    .readonly {
+        cursor: auto;
+        padding-right: 45px;
+    }
 }