diff --git a/themes/default/template/menubar_tags.tpl b/themes/default/template/menubar_tags.tpl
index d56980c2d..ad1d752da 100644
--- a/themes/default/template/menubar_tags.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/template/menubar_tags.tpl
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@
 <dd>
 	<div id="menuTagCloud">
 		{foreach from=$block->data item=tag}
-		<span style="margin-right:5px;">
+		<span>
 			<a class="tagLevel{$tag.level}" href="{$tag.U_ADD}"
 				title="{$pwg->l10n_dec('%d image is also linked to current tags', '%d images are also linked to current tags', $tag.counter)}"
 				rel="nofollow">
-				+{$tag.name}
-			</a>
-                </span>
+				+{$tag.name}</a></span>
+{* ABOVE there should be no space between text, </a> and </span> elements to avoid IE8 bug https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=366567 *}
 		{/foreach}
 	</div>
 </dd>
-
diff --git a/themes/default/theme.css b/themes/default/theme.css
index 56864525f..48f1c3089 100644
--- a/themes/default/theme.css
+++ b/themes/default/theme.css
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ FORM#quickconnect FIELDSET DIV {
 
 #menubar #menuTagCloud SPAN {
 	white-space: nowrap;
+	margin-right: 5px;
 }
 
 /**