diff --git a/css/ebi-css-build/_ebi_masthead_styles.scss b/css/ebi-css-build/_ebi_masthead_styles.scss
index 8d9c2cea8f79c80621faf6e300b00ce3b258420f..e99560dce3f2db900785ef8d4c09995a72c1bbe3 100644
--- a/css/ebi-css-build/_ebi_masthead_styles.scss
+++ b/css/ebi-css-build/_ebi_masthead_styles.scss
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     ul {
       li a:before {
         font-family: 'EBI-Generic';
+        display: inline-block; // safari 9 & 10 fix
       }
 
       // custom colour for Home