diff --git a/include/taxonomy.php b/include/taxonomy.php
index d683b24a6..fab31c73d 100644
--- a/include/taxonomy.php
+++ b/include/taxonomy.php
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ function tagblock($link,$uid,$count = 0,$authors = '',$flags = 0,$restrict = 0,$
   if($r) {
 	$o = '<div class="tagblock widget"><h3>' . t('Tags') . '</h3><div class="tags" align="center">';
 	foreach($r as $rr) { 
-	  $o .= '<a href="'.$link .'/' . '?f=&tag=' . urlencode($rr[0]).'" class="tag'.$rr[2].'">'.$rr[0].'</a> ' . "\r\n";
+	  $o .= '<span class="tag'.$rr[2].'">#</span><a href="'.$link .'/' . '?f=&tag=' . urlencode($rr[0]).'" class="tag'.$rr[2].'">'.$rr[0].'</a> ' . "\r\n";
 	}
 	$o .= '</div></div>';
   }