diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellview.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellview.cpp
index fffd492fb7..0265eea4cb 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellview.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellview.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ namespace MWGui
                 curType = spell.mType;
             }
 
-            const std::string skin = spell.mActive ? "SandTextButton" : "SpellTextUnequipped";
+            std::string skin = spell.mActive ? "SandTextButton" : "SpellTextUnequipped";
+            if (Settings::gui().mControllerMenus)
+                skin = spell.mActive ? "SpellTextEquippedController" : "SpellTextUnequippedController";
             const std::string captionSuffix = MWGui::ToolTips::getCountString(spell.mCount);
 
             Gui::SharedStateButton* t = mScrollView->createWidget<Gui::SharedStateButton>(
diff --git a/files/data/mygui/openmw_text.skin.xml b/files/data/mygui/openmw_text.skin.xml
index 5f96d0a57c..1724458522 100644
--- a/files/data/mygui/openmw_text.skin.xml
+++ b/files/data/mygui/openmw_text.skin.xml
@@ -120,6 +120,38 @@ color_misc=0,205,205 # ????
         </BasisSkin>
     </Resource>
 
+    <Resource type="ResourceSkin" name="SpellTextEquippedController" size="16 16">
+        <Property key="FontName" value="Default"/>
+        <Property key="TextAlign" value="Left Bottom"/>
+        <Property key="NeedKey" value="true"/>
+        <BasisSkin type="SimpleText" offset="0 0 16 16" align="Stretch">
+            <State name="disabled" colour="#{fontcolour=disabled}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="normal" colour="#{fontcolour=normal}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="highlighted" colour="#{fontcolour=active}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="pushed" colour="#{fontcolour=normal_pressed}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="disabled_checked" colour="#{fontcolour=disabled}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="normal_checked" colour="#{fontcolour=active_over}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="highlighted_checked" colour="#{fontcolour=active}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="pushed_checked" colour="#{fontcolour=active_pressed}" shift="0"/>
+        </BasisSkin>
+    </Resource>
+
+    <Resource type="ResourceSkin" name="SpellTextUnequippedController" size="16 16">
+        <Property key="FontName" value="Default"/>
+        <Property key="NeedKey" value="true"/>
+        <Property key="TextAlign" value="Left Bottom"/>
+        <BasisSkin type="SimpleText" offset="0 0 16 16" align="Stretch">
+            <State name="disabled" colour="#{fontcolour=disabled}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="normal" colour="#{fontcolour=disabled}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="highlighted" colour="#{fontcolour=active}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="pushed" colour="#{fontcolour=disabled_pressed}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="disabled_checked" colour="#{fontcolour=disabled}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="normal_checked" colour="#{fontcolour=active_over}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="highlighted_checked" colour="#{fontcolour=active}" shift="0"/>
+            <State name="pushed_checked" colour="#{fontcolour=active_pressed}" shift="0"/>
+        </BasisSkin>
+    </Resource>
+
     <Resource type="ResourceSkin" name="MW_StatNameButtonC" size="200 18">
         <Child type="Button" skin="SandTextButtonC" offset="0 0 200 18" align="Left HStretch" name="StatNameButton"/>
     </Resource>