diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 394f9b666..45ce68988 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
           end
         end
         classes = (ancestors.empty? ? 'root' : 'child')
+        classes += ' archived' if project.archived?
         s << "<li class='#{classes}'><div class='#{classes}'>"
         s << h(block_given? ? capture(project, &block) : project.name)
         s << "</div>\n"
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 70911e4f6..126993048 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ ul.projects {margin:0; padding-left:1em;}
 ul.projects ul {padding-left:1.6em;}
 ul.projects.root {margin:0; padding:0;}
 ul.projects li.root, ul.projects li.child {list-style-type:none;}
+ul.projects li.root div.archived, ul.projects li.child div.archived {color: #aaa;}
 ul.projects div.description li {list-style-type:initial;}
 
 #projects-index {
diff --git a/test/functional/trackers_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/trackers_controller_test.rb
index a6e9e71b1..bab412784 100644
--- a/test/functional/trackers_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/trackers_controller_test.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,20 @@ class TrackersControllerTest < Redmine::ControllerTest
     end
   end
 
+  def test_new_should_set_archived_class_for_archived_projects
+    project = Project.find(2)
+    project.update_attribute(:status, Project::STATUS_ARCHIVED)
+
+    get :new
+    assert_response :success
+    assert_select '#tracker_project_ids ul li' do
+      assert_select('> div[class*="archived"] input[name=?]', 'tracker[project_ids][]', 1) do
+        assert_select ':match("value", ?)', project.id.to_s
+      end
+      assert_select '> div:not([class*="archived"]) input[name=?]', 'tracker[project_ids][]', Project.count - 1
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_new_with_copy
     core_fields = ['assigned_to_id', 'category_id', 'fixed_version_id', 'parent_issue_id', 'start_date', 'due_date']
     custom_field_ids = custom_field_ids = [1, 2, 6]