diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 5c735bd142..27dd870855 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ v 8.9.3 (unreleased)
   - Decreased min width of screen to 1280px for pinned sidebar
   - Fix encrypted data backwards compatibility after upgrading attr_encrypted gem
   - Update mobile button icons to be more inline with typical UI paradigms
+  - Fixes missing avatar on system notes. !4954
 
 v 8.9.2
   - Fix visibility of snippets when searching.
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss
index ee7c98f805..ac8c02b59d 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ ul.notes {
     .timeline-icon {
       .avatar {
         visibility: hidden;
+
+        .discussion-body & {
+          visibility: visible;
+        }
       }
     }
   }