diff --git a/tailbone/static/css/mobile.css b/tailbone/static/css/mobile.css
index 121213f9..e808a71b 100644
--- a/tailbone/static/css/mobile.css
+++ b/tailbone/static/css/mobile.css
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
  * Global styles for mobile templates
  ****************************************/
 
+[data-role="header"] a.root-user,
+[data-role="header"] a.root-user:hover {
+    background-color: red;
+}
+
+#usermenu .root-user a {
+    background-color: red;
+}
+
 .replacement-header {
     display: none;
 }
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/mobile/base.mako b/tailbone/templates/mobile/base.mako
index e956b2c9..806ecae7 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/mobile/base.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/mobile/base.mako
@@ -53,12 +53,13 @@
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="mobile_header_link()">
+  <% classes = 'ui-btn-left ui-btn ui-btn-inline ui-mini ui-corner-all ui-btn-icon-left ' %>
   % if request.user:
-      ${h.link_to(request.user.get_short_name(), '#usermenu', class_='ui-btn-left ui-btn ui-btn-inline ui-mini ui-corner-all ui-btn-icon-left ui-icon-user')}
+      ${h.link_to(request.user.get_short_name(), '#usermenu', class_=classes + 'ui-icon-user' + (' root-user' if request.is_root else ''))}
   % elif request.matched_route.name in ('mobile.login', 'mobile.about'):
-      ${h.link_to("Home", url('mobile.home'), class_='ui-btn-left ui-btn ui-btn-inline ui-mini ui-corner-all ui-btn-icon-left ui-icon-home')}
+      ${h.link_to("Home", url('mobile.home'), class_=classes + 'ui-icon-home')}
   % else:
-      ${h.link_to("Login", url('mobile.login'), class_='ui-btn-left ui-btn ui-btn-inline ui-mini ui-corner-all ui-btn-icon-left ui-icon-user')}
+      ${h.link_to("Login", url('mobile.login'), class_=classes + 'ui-icon-user')}
   % endif
 </%def>
 
@@ -66,6 +67,11 @@
   <div id="usermenu" data-role="panel" data-display="overlay">
     <ul data-role="listview">
       <li data-icon="home">${h.link_to("Home", url('mobile.home'))}</li>
+      % if request.is_root:
+          <li class="root-user" data-icon="user">${h.link_to("Stop being root", url('stop_root'), **{'data-ajax': 'false'})}</li>
+      % elif request.is_admin:
+          <li class="root-user" data-icon="user">${h.link_to("Become root", url('become_root'), **{'data-ajax': 'false'})}</li>
+      % endif
       <li data-icon="user">${h.link_to("Logout", url('logout'), **{'data-ajax': 'false'})}</li>
       <li data-icon="info">${h.link_to("About {}".format(capture(self.app_title)), url('mobile.about'))}</li>
     </ul>