diff --git a/client/views/comments/comment_item.html b/client/views/comments/comment_item.html
index 2d6cd8351..9d6a20101 100644
--- a/client/views/comments/comment_item.html
+++ b/client/views/comments/comment_item.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template name="comment_item">
-  <li class="comment module comment-displayed" id="{{_id}}">
+  <li class="comment module comment-displayed {{commentClass}}" id="{{_id}}">
    <div class="comment-body">
       {{#if isDeleted}}
         <div class="comment-deleted">This comment has been deleted.</div>
diff --git a/client/views/comments/comment_item.js b/client/views/comments/comment_item.js
index a059dba94..1edd9c1da 100644
--- a/client/views/comments/comment_item.js
+++ b/client/views/comments/comment_item.js
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ Template[getTemplate('comment_item')].helpers({
   comment_item: function () {
     return getTemplate('comment_item');
   },
+  commentClass: function () {
+    // if this comment was made by the post author
+    if (Posts.findOne(this.postId).userId == this.userId) {
+      return 'author-comment';
+    }
+  },
   full_date: function(){
     return this.createdAt.toString();
   },
diff --git a/packages/telescope-theme-hubble/lib/client/scss/modules/_comments.scss b/packages/telescope-theme-hubble/lib/client/scss/modules/_comments.scss
index 431589df7..4e1b508f2 100644
--- a/packages/telescope-theme-hubble/lib/client/scss/modules/_comments.scss
+++ b/packages/telescope-theme-hubble/lib/client/scss/modules/_comments.scss
@@ -316,4 +316,10 @@
 }
 #comment{
 	font-size: 16px;
+}
+.author-comment{
+	.comment-username{
+		background: #dfdfdf;
+		padding: 1px 5px;
+	}
 }
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