diff --git a/dist/css/ionic.css b/dist/css/ionic.css
index f5dfa4c0c8..1b8a267614 100644
--- a/dist/css/ionic.css
+++ b/dist/css/ionic.css
@@ -2164,6 +2164,9 @@ textarea {
     display: inline-block;
     text-align: center;
     font-size: 16px; }
+  .item-input.item.active, .ionic-pseudo .item-input.item:active {
+    background-color: transparent;
+    border-color: #dddddd; }
 
 .input-label {
   -webkit-box-flex: 1;
diff --git a/scss/_form.scss b/scss/_form.scss
index f5cdb43f15..f1d8e8661e 100644
--- a/scss/_form.scss
+++ b/scss/_form.scss
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ textarea {
     text-align: center;
     font-size: 16px;
   }
+
+  &.item.active, 
+  .ionic-pseudo &.item:active {
+    background-color: transparent;
+    border-color: $item-default-border;
+  }
 }
 
 .input-label {