diff --git a/themes/default/jquery.mobile.button.css b/themes/default/jquery.mobile.button.css
index 6192ca7f..e229ca10 100644
--- a/themes/default/jquery.mobile.button.css
+++ b/themes/default/jquery.mobile.button.css
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 .ui-btn-inline { display: inline-block; }
 .ui-btn-inner { padding: .6em 25px; display: block; text-overflow: ellipsis; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; position: relative; zoom: 1; }
 .ui-header .ui-btn-inner, .ui-footer .ui-btn-inner, .ui-bar .ui-btn-inner { padding: .4em 8px .5em; }
-.ui-btn-icon-notext { display: inline-block; width: 20px; height: 20px; padding: 2px 1px 2px 3px; text-indent: -9999px; }
+.ui-btn-icon-notext { width: 20px; height: 20px; padding: 2px 1px 2px 3px; text-indent: -9999px; }
 .ui-btn-icon-notext .ui-btn-inner { padding: 0; }
+.ui-btn-text { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
 .ui-btn-icon-notext .ui-btn-text { position: absolute; left: -999px; }
 .ui-btn-icon-left .ui-btn-inner { padding-left: 33px; }
 .ui-header .ui-btn-icon-left .ui-btn-inner,
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
 .ui-btn-icon-left .ui-icon, .ui-btn-icon-right .ui-icon { position: absolute; top: 50%; margin-top: -9px; }
 .ui-btn-icon-top .ui-icon, .ui-btn-icon-bottom .ui-icon { position: absolute; left: 50%;  margin-left: -9px; }
 .ui-btn-icon-left .ui-icon { left: 10px; }
-.ui-btn-icon-right .ui-icon {right: 10px; }
+.ui-btn-icon-right .ui-icon { right: 10px; z-index: 0; }
 .ui-header .ui-btn-icon-left .ui-icon,
 .ui-footer .ui-btn-icon-left .ui-icon,
 .ui-bar .ui-btn-icon-left .ui-icon { left: 4px; }