diff --git a/templates/system/status-messages.func.php b/templates/system/status-messages.func.php
index 1a209d5..1f4e6f8 100644
--- a/templates/system/status-messages.func.php
+++ b/templates/system/status-messages.func.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function bootstrap_status_messages($variables) {
 
   foreach ($message_list as $type => $messages) {
     $class = (isset($status_class[$type])) ? ' alert-' . $status_class[$type] : '';
-    $output .= "<div class=\"alert alert-block$class messages $type\">\n";
+    $output .= "<div class=\"alert alert-block alert-dismissible$class messages $type\">\n";
     $output .= "  <a class=\"close\" data-dismiss=\"alert\" href=\"#\">&times;</a>\n";
 
     if (!empty($status_heading[$type])) {