diff --git a/app/coffee/modules/backlog/sortable.coffee b/app/coffee/modules/backlog/sortable.coffee
index f5b6b771..ec1b55cd 100644
--- a/app/coffee/modules/backlog/sortable.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/modules/backlog/sortable.coffee
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ BacklogSortableDirective = ($repo, $rs, $rootscope) ->
             handle: ".icon-drag-v",
             containment: ".wrapper"
             dropOnEmpty: true
+            placeholder: "row us-item-row us-item-drag sortable-placeholder"
             # With scroll activated, it has strange behavior
             # with not full screen browser window.
             scroll: false
diff --git a/app/styles/modules/backlog/backlog-table.scss b/app/styles/modules/backlog/backlog-table.scss
index 1e2f2569..176f02c3 100644
--- a/app/styles/modules/backlog/backlog-table.scss
+++ b/app/styles/modules/backlog/backlog-table.scss
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         padding: .5rem 0 .5rem .5rem;
         text-align: left;
         width: 100%;
+
     }
     .backlog-table-title,
     .backlog-table-subtitle,
@@ -95,7 +96,6 @@
 
 .backlog-table-body {
     .row {
-        cursor: move;
         position: relative;
         &:hover {
             @include transition (background .2s ease-in);
@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@
                 opacity: 1;
             }
         }
+        &.sortable-placeholder {
+            background: $whitish;
+            height: 40px;
+        }
+        &.ui-sortable-helper {
+            @include transition (background .2s ease-in);
+            background: lighten($green-taiga, 60%);
+            box-shadow: 1px 1px 10px rgba($black, .1);
+        }
     }
     .row-selected {
         @include transition (background .2s ease-in);