diff --git a/js/server_status.js b/js/server_status.js
index 10c29bd9e1..d2bf61a47c 100644
--- a/js/server_status.js
+++ b/js/server_status.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 $(function() {
     var textFilter=null;
     var alertFilter = false;
+    var odd_row=false;
     
     // Filter options are invisible for disabled js users
     $('#serverstatusvars fieldset').css('display','');
@@ -25,12 +26,23 @@ $(function() {
     });
     
     function filterVariables() {
+        odd_row=false;
         $('#serverstatusvariables th.name').each(function() {
+            
             if((textFilter==null || textFilter.exec($(this).text()))
-                && (!alertFilter || $(this).next().find('span.attention').length>0))
+                && (!alertFilter || $(this).next().find('span.attention').length>0)) {
+                odd_row = !odd_row;                    
                 $(this).parent().css('display','');
-            else
+                if(odd_row) {
+                    $(this).parent().addClass('odd');
+                    $(this).parent().removeClass('even');
+                } else {
+                    $(this).parent().addClass('even');
+                    $(this).parent().removeClass('odd');
+                }
+            } else {
                 $(this).parent().css('display','none');
+            }
         });
     }
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server_status.php b/server_status.php
index 5437385c80..4dc54d33fc 100644
--- a/server_status.php
+++ b/server_status.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ require_once './libraries/chart.lib.php';
  */
 if (isset($_REQUEST["query_chart_ajax"])) {
     $com_vars = PMA_DBI_fetch_result("SHOW GLOBAL STATUS LIKE 'Com_%'", 0, 1);
+	arsort($com_vars);
     // remove all zero values from the end
     // variable empty for Drizzle
     if ($com_vars) {