diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 4d2c281b82d5b584f069fd38734089946627bbad..ca4014461f0aa769b21576b6036a1074a0bb2222 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ v 8.11.0 (unreleased)
   - Remove magic comments (`# encoding: UTF-8`) from Ruby files !5456 (winniehell)
   - Fix of 'Commits being passed to custom hooks are already reachable when using the UI'
   - Limit git rev-list output count to one in forced push check
+  - Add green outline to New Branch button !5447 (winniehell)
   - Retrieve rendered HTML from cache in one request
   - Nokogiri's various parsing methods are now instrumented
   - Make fork counter always clickable !5463 (winniehell)
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/buttons.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/buttons.scss
index f87b8a2ad1cf33c5b90616dde8eb85a9497c3e89..473530cf09435059b18da95a578463a97bed37ea 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/buttons.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/buttons.scss
@@ -135,6 +135,15 @@
     @include btn-green;
   }
 
+  &.btn-inverted {
+    &.btn-success,
+    &.btn-new,
+    &.btn-create,
+    &.btn-save {
+      @include btn-outline($white-light, $green-normal, $green-normal, $green-light, $white-light, $green-light);
+    }
+  }
+
   &.btn-gray {
     @include btn-gray;
   }
diff --git a/app/views/projects/issues/_new_branch.html.haml b/app/views/projects/issues/_new_branch.html.haml
index e93b7e0d66d11103946754eedcefd34c9b33fd6e..24749699c6d3be5eb09f3280558f7625a3b295e3 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/issues/_new_branch.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/issues/_new_branch.html.haml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   .pull-right
     #new-branch{'data-path' => can_create_branch_namespace_project_issue_path(@project.namespace, @project, @issue)}
       = link_to namespace_project_branches_path(@project.namespace, @project, branch_name: @issue.to_branch_name, issue_iid: @issue.iid),
-        method: :post, class: 'btn has-tooltip', title: @issue.to_branch_name, disabled: 'disabled' do
+        method: :post, class: 'btn btn-new btn-inverted has-tooltip', title: @issue.to_branch_name, disabled: 'disabled' do
         .checking
           = icon('spinner spin')
           Checking branches