diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/layout.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/layout.rs
index d585b737517b..3a2a6f4c6b9f 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/layout.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/layout.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ pub fn render<T: fmt::Display, S: fmt::Display>(
     {css_extension}\
     {favicon}\
     {in_header}\
+    <style type=\"text/css\">\
+    #crate-search{{background-image:url(\"{root_path}down-arrow{suffix}.svg\");}}\
+    </style>\
 </head>\
 <body class=\"rustdoc {css_class}\">\
     <!--[if lte IE 8]>\
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
index 48da90de02a8..1b99641c3e77 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
@@ -793,6 +793,8 @@ fn write_shared(
           static_files::BRUSH_SVG)?;
     write(cx.dst.join(&format!("wheel{}.svg", cx.shared.resource_suffix)),
           static_files::WHEEL_SVG)?;
+    write(cx.dst.join(&format!("down-arrow{}.svg", cx.shared.resource_suffix)),
+          static_files::DOWN_ARROW_SVG)?;
     write_minify(cx.dst.join(&format!("light{}.css", cx.shared.resource_suffix)),
                  static_files::themes::LIGHT,
                  options.enable_minification)?;
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/down-arrow.svg b/src/librustdoc/html/static/down-arrow.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a2d9a37dde09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/down-arrow.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?><!DOCTYPE svg  PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN'  'http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd'><svg height="128px" id="Layer_1" style="enable-background:new 0 0 128 128;" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 128 128" width="128px" xml:space="preserve" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g><line style="fill:none;stroke:#2F3435;stroke-width:12;stroke-linecap:square;stroke-miterlimit:10;" x1="111" x2="64" y1="40.5" y2="87.499"/><line style="fill:none;stroke:#2F3435;stroke-width:12;stroke-linecap:square;stroke-miterlimit:10;" x1="64" x2="17" y1="87.499" y2="40.5"/></g></svg>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/rustdoc.css b/src/librustdoc/html/static/rustdoc.css
index cbf55c12244d..ff1ba9f541b0 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/rustdoc.css
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/rustdoc.css
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ a {
 #crate-search {
 	margin-top: 5px;
 	padding: 6px;
-	padding-right: 12px;
+	padding-right: 19px;
 	border: 0;
 	border-right: 0;
 	border-radius: 4px 0 0 4px;
@@ -633,6 +633,10 @@ a {
 	/* Removes default arrow from firefox */
 	text-indent: 0.01px;
 	text-overflow: "";
+	background-repeat: no-repeat;
+	background-color: transparent;
+	background-size: 16%;
+	background-position: calc(100% - 1px) 56%;
 }
 .search-container > .top-button {
 	position: absolute;
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs
index 3baa082bd0e6..93f95d8892e4 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ pub static BRUSH_SVG: &'static [u8] = include_bytes!("static/brush.svg");
 /// The file contents of `wheel.svg`, the icon used for the settings button.
 pub static WHEEL_SVG: &'static [u8] = include_bytes!("static/wheel.svg");
 
+/// The file contents of `down-arrow.svg`, the icon used for the crate choice combobox.
+pub static DOWN_ARROW_SVG: &'static [u8] = include_bytes!("static/down-arrow.svg");
+
 /// The contents of `COPYRIGHT.txt`, the license listing for files distributed with documentation
 /// output.
 pub static COPYRIGHT: &'static [u8] = include_bytes!("static/COPYRIGHT.txt");
