diff --git a/docs/examples/fluid.html b/docs/examples/fluid.html
index 651b6f2f9f..f235d76149 100644
--- a/docs/examples/fluid.html
+++ b/docs/examples/fluid.html
@@ -44,13 +44,23 @@
             <span class="icon-bar"></span>
           </a>
           <a class="brand" href="#">Project name</a>
+          <div class="btn-group pull-right">
+            <a class="btn dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#">
+              <i class="icon-user"></i> Username
+              <span class="caret"></span>
+            </a>
+            <ul class="dropdown-menu">
+              <li><a href="#">Profile</a></li>
+              <li class="divider"></li>
+              <li><a href="#">Sign Out</a></li>
+            </ul>
+          </div>
           <div class="nav-collapse">
             <ul class="nav">
               <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
               <li><a href="#about">About</a></li>
               <li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>
             </ul>
-            <p class="navbar-text pull-right">Logged in as <a class="navbar-link" href="#">username</a></p>
           </div><!--/.nav-collapse -->
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/less/navbar.less b/less/navbar.less
index 6816a6ab9b..a5122e75c8 100644
--- a/less/navbar.less
+++ b/less/navbar.less
@@ -30,27 +30,6 @@
   width: auto;
 }
 
-// Navbar button for toggling navbar items in responsive layouts
-.btn-navbar {
-  display: none;
-  float: right;
-  padding: 7px 10px;
-  margin-left: 5px;
-  margin-right: 5px;
-  .buttonBackground(@navbarBackgroundHighlight, @navbarBackground);
-  .box-shadow(~"inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.1), 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.075)");
-}
-.btn-navbar .icon-bar {
-  display: block;
-  width: 18px;
-  height: 2px;
-  background-color: #f5f5f5;
-  .border-radius(1px);
-  .box-shadow(0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.25));
-}
-.btn-navbar .icon-bar + .icon-bar {
-  margin-top: 3px;
-}
 // Override the default collapsed state
 .nav-collapse.collapse {
   height: auto;
@@ -233,6 +212,21 @@
   text-decoration: none;
   text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.25);
 }
+// Buttons
+.navbar .btn {
+  display: inline-block;
+  padding: 4px 10px 4px;
+  // Vertically center the button given @navbarHeight
+  @elementHeight: 28px;
+  margin: ((@navbarHeight - @elementHeight) / 2 - 1) 5px ((@navbarHeight - @elementHeight) / 2);
+  line-height: @baseLineHeight;
+}
+.navbar .btn-group {
+  margin: 0;
+  // Vertically center the button given @navbarHeight
+  @elementHeight: 28px;
+  padding: ((@navbarHeight - @elementHeight) / 2 - 1) 5px ((@navbarHeight - @elementHeight) / 2);
+}
 // Hover
 .navbar .nav > li > a:hover {
   background-color: @navbarLinkBackgroundHover; // "transparent" is default to differentiate :hover from .active
@@ -264,6 +258,28 @@
   margin-right: 0;
 }
 
+// Navbar button for toggling navbar items in responsive layouts
+// These definitions need to come after '.navbar .btn'
+.navbar .btn-navbar {
+  display: none;
+  float: right;
+  padding: 7px 10px;
+  margin-left: 5px;
+  margin-right: 5px;
+  .buttonBackground(@navbarBackgroundHighlight, @navbarBackground);
+  .box-shadow(~"inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.1), 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.075)");
+}
+.navbar .btn-navbar .icon-bar {
+  display: block;
+  width: 18px;
+  height: 2px;
+  background-color: #f5f5f5;
+  .border-radius(1px);
+  .box-shadow(0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.25));
+}
+.btn-navbar .icon-bar + .icon-bar {
+  margin-top: 3px;
+}
 
 
 // Dropdown menus
@@ -310,31 +326,31 @@
   }
 }
 // Dropdown toggle caret
-.navbar .nav .dropdown-toggle .caret,
-.navbar .nav .open .caret {
+.navbar .nav li.dropdown .dropdown-toggle .caret,
+.navbar .nav li.dropdown.open .caret {
   border-top-color: @white;
   border-bottom-color: @white;
 }
-.navbar .nav .active .caret {
+.navbar .nav li.dropdown.active .caret {
   .opacity(100);
 }
 
 // Remove background color from open dropdown
-.navbar .nav .open > .dropdown-toggle,
-.navbar .nav .active > .dropdown-toggle,
-.navbar .nav .open.active > .dropdown-toggle {
+.navbar .nav li.dropdown.open > .dropdown-toggle,
+.navbar .nav li.dropdown.active > .dropdown-toggle,
+.navbar .nav li.dropdown.open.active > .dropdown-toggle {
   background-color: transparent;
 }
 
 // Dropdown link on hover
-.navbar .nav .active > .dropdown-toggle:hover {
+.navbar .nav li.dropdown.active > .dropdown-toggle:hover {
   color: @white;
 }
 
 // Right aligned menus need alt position
 // TODO: rejigger this at some point to simplify the selectors
-.navbar .nav.pull-right .dropdown-menu,
-.navbar .nav .dropdown-menu.pull-right {
+.navbar .pull-right .dropdown-menu,
+.navbar .dropdown-menu.pull-right {
   left: auto;
   right: 0;
   &:before {
diff --git a/less/navs.less b/less/navs.less
index 4f4b6c3273..e06795c2be 100644
--- a/less/navs.less
+++ b/less/navs.less
@@ -234,14 +234,14 @@
 // -------------------------
 .nav-tabs .open .dropdown-toggle,
 .nav-pills .open .dropdown-toggle,
-.nav > .open.active > a:hover {
+.nav > li.dropdown.open.active > a:hover {
   color: @white;
   background-color: @grayLight;
   border-color: @grayLight;
 }
-.nav .open .caret,
-.nav .open.active .caret,
-.nav .open a:hover .caret {
+.nav li.dropdown.open .caret,
+.nav li.dropdown.open.active .caret,
+.nav li.dropdown.open a:hover .caret {
   border-top-color: @white;
   border-bottom-color: @white;
   .opacity(100);
diff --git a/less/responsive-navbar.less b/less/responsive-navbar.less
index 2f1c4925a7..39b164ac53 100644
--- a/less/responsive-navbar.less
+++ b/less/responsive-navbar.less
@@ -31,40 +31,51 @@
     clear: left;
   }
   // Block-level the nav
-  .navbar .nav {
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .nav {
     float: none;
     margin: 0 0 (@baseLineHeight / 2);
   }
-  .navbar .nav > li {
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .nav > li {
     float: none;
   }
-  .navbar .nav > li > a {
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .nav > li > a {
     margin-bottom: 2px;
   }
-  .navbar .nav > .divider-vertical {
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .nav > .divider-vertical {
     display: none;
   }
-  .navbar .nav .nav-header {
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .nav .nav-header {
     color: @navbarText;
     text-shadow: none;
   }
   // Nav and dropdown links in navbar
-  .navbar .nav > li > a,
-  .navbar .dropdown-menu a {
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .nav > li > a,
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .dropdown-menu a {
     padding: 6px 15px;
     font-weight: bold;
     color: @navbarLinkColor;
     .border-radius(3px);
   }
-  .navbar .dropdown-menu li + li a {
+  // Buttons
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .btn {
+    padding: 4px 10px 4px;
+    font-weight: normal;
+    .border-radius(4px);
+  }
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .dropdown-menu li + li a {
     margin-bottom: 2px;
   }
-  .navbar .nav > li > a:hover,
-  .navbar .dropdown-menu a:hover {
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .nav > li > a:hover,
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .dropdown-menu a:hover {
     background-color: @navbarBackground;
   }
+  // Buttons in the navbar
+  .navbar .nav-collapse.in .btn-group {
+    margin-top: 5px;
+    padding: 0;
+  }
   // Dropdowns in the navbar
-  .navbar .dropdown-menu {
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .dropdown-menu {
     position: static;
     top: auto;
     left: auto;
@@ -78,16 +89,16 @@
     .border-radius(0);
     .box-shadow(none);
   }
-  .navbar .dropdown-menu:before,
-  .navbar .dropdown-menu:after {
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .dropdown-menu:before,
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .dropdown-menu:after {
     display: none;
   }
-  .navbar .dropdown-menu .divider {
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .dropdown-menu .divider {
     display: none;
   }
   // Forms in navbar
-  .navbar-form,
-  .navbar-search {
+  .nav-collapse .navbar-form,
+  .nav-collapse .navbar-search {
     float: none;
     padding: (@baseLineHeight / 2) 15px;
     margin: (@baseLineHeight / 2) 0;
@@ -96,7 +107,7 @@
     .box-shadow(~"inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.1), 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.1)");
   }
   // Pull right (secondary) nav content
-  .navbar .nav.pull-right {
+  .navbar .nav-collapse .nav.pull-right {
     float: none;
     margin-left: 0;
   }
@@ -106,7 +117,7 @@
     padding-right: 10px;
   }
   // Navbar button
-  .btn-navbar {
+  .navbar .btn-navbar {
     display: block;
   }