diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e-headers.el b/mu4e/mu4e-headers.el
index 4b859fd8..2d978e1e 100644
--- a/mu4e/mu4e-headers.el
+++ b/mu4e/mu4e-headers.el
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ the query history stack."
 	mode-name "mu4e-headers"
 	mu4e~headers-last-query expr
 	global-mode-string (propertize mu4e~headers-last-query
-			     'face 'mu4e-title-face)))
+			     'face 'mu4e-modline-face)))
     (switch-to-buffer buf)
     (mu4e~proc-find
       expr
diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e-vars.el b/mu4e/mu4e-vars.el
index ea4c9048..cf6bca3a 100644
--- a/mu4e/mu4e-vars.el
+++ b/mu4e/mu4e-vars.el
@@ -471,6 +471,11 @@ I.e. a message with the draft flag set."
   "Face for a header title in the headers view."
   :group 'mu4e-faces)
 
+(defface mu4e-modline-face
+  '((t :inherit font-lock-string-face :bold t))
+  "Face for the query view in the mode-line."
+  :group 'mu4e-faces)
+
 (defface mu4e-footer-face
   '((t :inherit font-lock-comment-face))
   "Face for message footers (signatures)."