diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/VoiceRecordComposerTile.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/VoiceRecordComposerTile.tsx
index d956a3febf..036a345af0 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/VoiceRecordComposerTile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/VoiceRecordComposerTile.tsx
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export default class VoiceRecordComposerTile extends React.PureComponent<IProps,
         }
 
         // only other UI is the recording-in-progress UI
-        return <div className="mx_MediaBody mx_VoiceRecordComposerTile_recording">
+        return <div className="mx_MediaBody mx_VoiceMessagePrimaryContainer mx_VoiceRecordComposerTile_recording">
             <LiveRecordingClock recorder={this.state.recorder} />
             <LiveRecordingWaveform recorder={this.state.recorder} />
         </div>;