diff --git a/res/values/styles.xml b/res/values/styles.xml
index 009924e..3156219 100644
--- a/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@
         <item name="android:layout_height">match_parent</item>
     </style>
 
+    <style name="subject_action_bar_title_text" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
+        <item name="android:textColor">#323232</item>
+        <item name="android:textSize">16dp</item>
+    </style>
+
     <style name="message_view_text">
         <item name="android:textSize">14dip</item>
         <item name="android:textColor">@color/text_secondary_color</item>
diff --git a/src/com/android/email/activity/ActionBarController.java b/src/com/android/email/activity/ActionBarController.java
index 7ff1ee8..adb1b1b 100644
--- a/src/com/android/email/activity/ActionBarController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/email/activity/ActionBarController.java
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@
 import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.text.SpannableString;
+import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
+import android.text.style.TextAppearanceSpan;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
@@ -471,7 +474,16 @@
         if (mTitleMode == Callback.TITLE_MODE_MESSAGE_SUBJECT) {
             // Use two line title action bar mode
             enterMultiLineTitleActionBarMode();
-            mActionBar.setTitle(mCallback.getMessageSubject());
+            String subject = mCallback.getMessageSubject();
+            if (subject == null) {
+                subject = "";
+            }
+            final SpannableString title = new SpannableString(subject);
+            final SpannableStringBuilder builder = new SpannableStringBuilder();
+            title.setSpan(new TextAppearanceSpan(mContext, R.style.subject_action_bar_title_text),
+                    0, subject.length(), 0);
+            builder.append(title);
+            mActionBar.setTitle(builder);
             mActionBar.setSubtitle(null);
         } else if (mTitleMode == Callback.TITLE_MODE_ACCOUNT_WITH_ALL_FOLDERS_LABEL) {
             enterSingleLineTitleActionBarMode();