diff --git a/assets/stylesheets/forms.scss b/assets/stylesheets/forms.scss
index 7e8e67d9c64..3670583ad21 100644
--- a/assets/stylesheets/forms.scss
+++ b/assets/stylesheets/forms.scss
@@ -172,3 +172,9 @@ select.form-control {
         background-color: $default-bg-color-darktheme;
     }
 }
+
+// fix drop-down arrow floating over text despite `with: auto;` from DataTable's upstream CSS
+div.dataTables_wrapper div.dataTables_length select {
+    background-position: right 0.2rem center;
+    padding: 0 1em 0 0.5em;
+}