diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/admin/index_panels.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/admin/index_panels.css.scss
index b622212446..e47ad151eb 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/admin/index_panels.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/admin/index_panels.css.scss
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ tbody.panel-ctrl {
 
   tr.panel-row {
     &:hover {
-      td {
+      >td {
         background-color: #ffffff;
       }
     }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/admin/tables.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/admin/tables.css.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5f9d64175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/admin/tables.css.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+table tbody tr:hover td {
+  background-color: inherit;
+}
+
+table tbody tr:hover >td {
+  background-color: #e9f3fc;
+}
+
+table.layout {
+  tr, tr:hover {
+    td {
+      background-color: transparent;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/views/admin/standing_orders/_autocomplete.html.haml b/app/views/admin/standing_orders/_autocomplete.html.haml
index fbb0733cd2..d20a565316 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/standing_orders/_autocomplete.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/standing_orders/_autocomplete.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #add-line-item
   %fieldset
     %legend{ align: 'center'}= t(:products)
-    %table.no-borders
+    %table.no-borders.layout
       %col{ width: '60%' }
       %col{ width: '20%' }
       %col{ width: '20%' }