diff --git a/app/views/gantts/show.html.erb b/app/views/gantts/show.html.erb
index b3a02316b..19d065640 100644
--- a/app/views/gantts/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/gantts/show.html.erb
@@ -305,7 +305,9 @@
   <% end %>
 <% end %>
 
-<%= @gantt.lines.html_safe %>
+<%= form_tag({}, :data => {:cm_url => issues_context_menu_path}) do -%>
+  <%= @gantt.lines.html_safe %>
+<% end %>
 
 <% ###### Today red line (excluded from cache) ###### %>
 <% if User.current.today >= @gantt.date_from and User.current.today <= @gantt.date_to %>
diff --git a/lib/redmine/helpers/gantt.rb b/lib/redmine/helpers/gantt.rb
index fc3a6c073..b859c6c7d 100644
--- a/lib/redmine/helpers/gantt.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine/helpers/gantt.rb
@@ -842,6 +842,7 @@ module Redmine
           s = view.content_tag(:span,
                                view.render_issue_tooltip(object).html_safe,
                                :class => "tip")
+          s += view.content_tag(:input, nil, :type => 'checkbox', :name => 'ids[]', :value => object.id, :style => 'display:none;', :class => 'toggle-selection')
           style = ""
           style << "position: absolute;"
           style << "top:#{params[:top]}px;"
@@ -850,7 +851,7 @@ module Redmine
           style << "height:12px;"
           output << view.content_tag(:div, s.html_safe,
                                      :style => style,
-                                     :class => "tooltip")
+                                     :class => "tooltip hascontextmenu")
         end
         @lines << output
         output
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/context_menu.css b/public/stylesheets/context_menu.css
index 2b9799387..7dcd9c81c 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/context_menu.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/context_menu.css
@@ -54,3 +54,6 @@
 .context-menu-selection { background-color:#507AAA !important; color:#f8f8f8 !important; }
 .context-menu-selection a, .context-menu-selection a:hover { color:#f8f8f8 !important; }
 .context-menu-selection:hover { background-color:#507AAA !important; color:#f8f8f8  !important; }
+div#gantt_area .context-menu-selection { background-color: rgba(80, 122, 170, 0.48) !important; }
+div#gantt_area .context-menu-selection:hover { background-color: rgba(80, 122, 170, 0.48) !important; }
+div#gantt_area .context-menu-selection a { color: #169 !important; }