diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/bbcode.html b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/bbcode.html
index 8c4e941092..940c0ace29 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/bbcode.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/bbcode.html
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@
 <!-- BEGIN inline_attachment_open --><div class="inline-attachment"><!-- END inline_attachment_open -->
 <!-- BEGIN inline_attachment_close --></div><!-- END inline_attachment_close -->
 
-<!-- BEGIN b_open --><strong><!-- END b_open -->
+<!-- BEGIN b_open --><strong class="text-strong"><!-- END b_open -->
 <!-- BEGIN b_close --></strong><!-- END b_close -->
 
 <!-- BEGIN u_open --><span style="text-decoration: underline"><!-- END u_open -->
 <!-- BEGIN u_close --></span><!-- END u_close -->
 
-<!-- BEGIN i_open --><em><!-- END i_open -->
+<!-- BEGIN i_open --><em class="text-italics"><!-- END i_open -->
 <!-- BEGIN i_close --></em><!-- END i_close -->
 
 <!-- BEGIN color --><span style="color: {COLOR}">{TEXT}</span><!-- END color -->
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/common.css b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/common.css
index aa15fe2b45..ed2cc369b1 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/common.css
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/common.css
@@ -97,10 +97,18 @@ b, strong {
 	font-weight: bold;
 }
 
+.text-strong {
+	font-weight: bold;
+}
+
 i, em {
 	font-style: italic;
 }
 
+.text-italics {
+	font-style: italic;
+}
+
 u {
 	text-decoration: underline;
 }