diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/main.py b/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
index 1118d04dab..4f73e685a2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
             self.system_tray_icon.show()
         self.system_tray_menu = QMenu()
         self.restore_action = self.system_tray_menu.addAction(QIcon(':/images/page.svg'), _('&Restore'))
-        self.donate_action  = self.system_tray_menu.addAction(QIcon(':/images/donate.svg'), _('&Donate'))
+        self.donate_action  = self.system_tray_menu.addAction(QIcon(':/images/donate.svg'), _('&Donate to support calibre'))
+        self.donate_button.setDefaultAction(self.donate_action)
         self.addAction(self.quit_action)
         self.action_restart = QAction(_('&Restart'), self)
         self.addAction(self.action_restart)
@@ -1422,7 +1423,7 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         self.restart_after_quit = restart
         QApplication.instance().quit()
             
-    def donate(self):
+    def donate(self, *args):
         BUTTON = '''
         <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
             <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/main.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/main.ui
index 2b243ba2b9..323b1bf170 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/main.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/main.ui
@@ -82,6 +82,29 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QToolButton" name="donate_button" >
+        <property name="cursor" >
+         <cursorShape>PointingHandCursor</cursorShape>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text" >
+         <string>...</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="icon" >
+         <iconset resource="images.qrc" >
+          <normaloff>:/images/donate.svg</normaloff>:/images/donate.svg</iconset>
+        </property>
+        <property name="iconSize" >
+         <size>
+          <width>64</width>
+          <height>64</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="autoRaise" >
+         <bool>true</bool>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
       <item>
        <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3" >
         <item>
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/status.py b/src/calibre/gui2/status.py
index d55e93d377..7b3dac4dc8 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/status.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/status.py
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ class CoverFlowButton(QToolButton):
         self.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Preferred, QSizePolicy.Expanding))
         self.connect(self, SIGNAL('toggled(bool)'), self.adjust_tooltip)
         self.adjust_tooltip(False)
+        self.setCursor(Qt.PointingHandCursor)
         
     def adjust_tooltip(self, on):
         tt = _('Click to turn off Cover Browsing') if on else _('Click to browse books by their covers')
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ class TagViewButton(QToolButton):
         self.setIcon(QIcon(':/images/tags.svg'))
         self.setToolTip(_('Click to browse books by tags'))
         self.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Preferred, QSizePolicy.Expanding))
+        self.setCursor(Qt.PointingHandCursor)
         self.setCheckable(True)
         self.setChecked(False)
         self.setAutoRaise(True)