diff --git a/app/core/skin_manager.cpp b/app/core/skin_manager.cpp
index 62d21f7..3d300ea 100644
--- a/app/core/skin_manager.cpp
+++ b/app/core/skin_manager.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 struct SkinManager::Impl {
   QHash<QString, LegacySkinLoader> loaders;
+  QSet<QString> user_skins;
 
   void reload();
 };
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ void SkinManager::Impl::reload()
   std::reverse(data_paths.begin(), data_paths.end());
 
   for (const auto& p : std::as_const(data_paths)) {
+    bool is_user = p == QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation);
     QDir d(p);
 
     if (!d.exists() || !d.cd("skins"))
@@ -37,6 +39,9 @@ void SkinManager::Impl::reload()
         iter->addOverlay(d.absoluteFilePath(sd));
       else
         loaders.emplace(sd, d.absoluteFilePath(sd));
+
+      if (is_user)
+        user_skins.insert(sd);
     }
   }
 
@@ -81,6 +86,11 @@ SkinManager::Metadata SkinManager::metadata(const QString& id) const
   return {};
 }
 
+bool SkinManager::isUserSkin(const QString& id) const
+{
+  return _impl->user_skins.contains(id);
+}
+
 void SkinManager::setSkinBaseSize(int sz)
 {
   for (auto& l : _impl->loaders)
diff --git a/app/core/skin_manager.hpp b/app/core/skin_manager.hpp
index 4217732..02c2639 100644
--- a/app/core/skin_manager.hpp
+++ b/app/core/skin_manager.hpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ class SkinManager {
   using Metadata = QHash<QString, QString>;
   Metadata metadata(const QString& id) const;
 
+  bool isUserSkin(const QString& id) const;
+
   // skin base size (affects not all skins)
   void setSkinBaseSize(int sz);
 
diff --git a/app/gui/settings_dialog.cpp b/app/gui/settings_dialog.cpp
index b353c5d..3ef291a 100644
--- a/app/gui/settings_dialog.cpp
+++ b/app/gui/settings_dialog.cpp
@@ -811,6 +811,14 @@ void SettingsDialog::initAppearanceTab(int idx)
   for (const auto& [t, s] : std::as_const(sorted_skins))
     ui->skin_cbox->addItem(t, s);
 
+  auto user_fnt = ui->skin_cbox->font();
+  user_fnt.setItalic(true);
+  for (int i = 0; i < ui->skin_cbox->count(); i++) {
+    auto s = ui->skin_cbox->itemData(i).toString();
+    if (app->skinManager().isUserSkin(s))
+      ui->skin_cbox->setItemData(i, user_fnt, Qt::FontRole);
+  }
+
   ui->skin_cbox->setCurrentIndex(-1);   // if skin is available, next line will update the index
   ui->skin_cbox->setCurrentText(app->skinManager().metadata(acfg.getSkin())["name"]);