diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/media/css/changelists.css b/django/contrib/admin/media/css/changelists.css
index e01a89817c..315b8c7a38 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/media/css/changelists.css
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/media/css/changelists.css
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@
 #changelist table tbody td:first-child, #changelist table tbody th:first-child {
     border-left: 0;
     border-right: 1px solid #ddd;
-    text-align: center;
+}
+
+#changelist table tbody td.action-checkbox {
+    text-align:center;
 }
 
 #changelist table tfoot {
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py
index 813c38a7d7..33f01753c4 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ def items_for_result(cl, result, form):
             result_repr = EMPTY_CHANGELIST_VALUE
         else:
             if f is None:
+                if field_name == u'action_checkbox':
+                    row_class = ' class="action-checkbox"'
                 allow_tags = getattr(attr, 'allow_tags', False)
                 boolean = getattr(attr, 'boolean', False)
                 if boolean:
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/admin_changelist/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/admin_changelist/tests.py
index 87ffd6731f..518fbf76d8 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/admin_changelist/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/admin_changelist/tests.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ChangeListTests(TransactionTestCase):
         template = Template('{% load admin_list %}{% spaceless %}{% result_list cl %}{% endspaceless %}')
         context = Context({'cl': cl})
         table_output = template.render(context)
-        row_html = '<tbody><tr class="row1"><td><input type="checkbox" class="action-select" value="1" name="_selected_action" /></td><th><a href="1/">name</a></th><td>(None)</td></tr></tbody>'
+        row_html = '<tbody><tr class="row1"><td class="action-checkbox"><input type="checkbox" class="action-select" value="1" name="_selected_action" /></td><th><a href="1/">name</a></th><td>(None)</td></tr></tbody>'
         self.assertFalse(table_output.find(row_html) == -1,
             'Failed to find expected row element: %s' % table_output)
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class ChangeListTests(TransactionTestCase):
         template = Template('{% load admin_list %}{% spaceless %}{% result_list cl %}{% endspaceless %}')
         context = Context({'cl': cl})
         table_output = template.render(context)
-        row_html = '<tbody><tr class="row1"><td><input type="checkbox" class="action-select" value="1" name="_selected_action" /></td><th><a href="1/">name</a></th><td>Parent object</td></tr></tbody>'
+        row_html = '<tbody><tr class="row1"><td class="action-checkbox"><input type="checkbox" class="action-select" value="1" name="_selected_action" /></td><th><a href="1/">name</a></th><td>Parent object</td></tr></tbody>'
         self.assertFalse(table_output.find(row_html) == -1,
             'Failed to find expected row element: %s' % table_output)