diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 0651748eed1013415cffe9fc0ae494eb71bd9e56..526f1ae0ab1dc3b48c059f25f002520ca9fa9283 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ v 8.12.0 (unreleased)
   - Set path for all JavaScript cookies to honor GitLab's subdirectory setting !5627 (Mike Greiling)
   - Add hover color to emoji icon (ClemMakesApps)
   - Fix branches page dropdown sort alignment (ClemMakesApps)
+  - Add white background for no readme container (ClemMakesApps)
   - Optimistic locking for Issues and Merge Requests (title and description overriding prevention)
   - Add `wiki_page_events` to project hook APIs (Ben Boeckel)
   - Remove Gitorious import
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss
index eaf2d3270b30379eab2a803c1899fde3aaef2124..83500a687bbe92b45a57cce05b018e7e49325993 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss
@@ -600,18 +600,25 @@ pre.light-well {
   }
 }
 
-.project-show-readme .readme-holder {
-  padding: $gl-padding 0;
-  border-top: 0;
-
-  .edit-project-readme {
-    z-index: 2;
-    position: relative;
+.project-show-readme {
+  .row-content-block {
+    background-color: inherit;
+    border: none;
   }
 
-  .wiki h1 {
-    border-bottom: none;
-    padding: 0;
+  .readme-holder {
+    padding: $gl-padding 0;
+    border-top: 0;
+
+    .edit-project-readme {
+      z-index: 2;
+      position: relative;
+    }
+
+    .wiki h1 {
+      border-bottom: none;
+      padding: 0;
+    }
   }
 }