diff --git a/resources/static/css/style.css b/resources/static/css/style.css
index 0dfb71a30495e00c7a74da99a02c8c5b1a1df328..2b75378bdbc0a133fc700aa3f456892252a6f32d 100644
--- a/resources/static/css/style.css
+++ b/resources/static/css/style.css
@@ -808,3 +808,18 @@ footer {
   bottom: 0;
 }
 
+#newsbanner {
+  background-color: #faca33;
+  line-height: 32px;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  margin-bottom: 20px;
+  text-align: center;
+  color: #626160;
+  text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
+  height: 32px;
+  -webkit-transition: all 500ms;
+  -moz-transition: all 500ms;
+  -ms-transition: all 500ms;
+  -o-transition: all 500ms;
+  transition: all 500ms;
+}
diff --git a/resources/views/index.ejs b/resources/views/index.ejs
index b07203f655059f705ee9ea99c8da847928294d35..57f1c8d7b96254292d735fb74bf6bab32639dd4a 100644
--- a/resources/views/index.ejs
+++ b/resources/views/index.ejs
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
   </div>
 
   <div id="vAlign" class="display_nonauth">
+      <div id="newsbanner">
+        BrowserID is graduating: we're launching <b>Mozilla Persona</b>. Find out more on <a href="http://identity.mozilla.com/">the identity blog</a>.
+      </div>
+
       <div id="signUp">
           <div id="card"><img src="/i/slit.png"></div>
           <div id="hint"></div>