diff --git a/src/Bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap-theme.css b/src/Bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap-theme.css
index 53a4b48941..5271c2a4ba 100644
--- a/src/Bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap-theme.css
+++ b/src/Bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap-theme.css
@@ -531,8 +531,16 @@ img.reserved-indicator-icon {
   white-space: pre-wrap;
   word-break: normal;
 }
-.common-licenses .custom-license-container {
+.common-licenses .custom-license-container,
+.common-licenses .license-file-html-container {
+  display: block;
+  padding: 10.5px;
+  background-color: #f5f5f5;
+  border: 1px solid #ccc;
+  word-break: normal;
   margin-bottom: 24px;
+  overflow: auto;
+  max-height: 450px;
 }
 .list-packages .package {
   overflow-wrap: break-word;
diff --git a/src/Bootstrap/less/theme/common-licenses.less b/src/Bootstrap/less/theme/common-licenses.less
index e27a8eab09..db1470cb90 100644
--- a/src/Bootstrap/less/theme/common-licenses.less
+++ b/src/Bootstrap/less/theme/common-licenses.less
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@
         word-break: normal;
     }
 
-    .custom-license-container {
+    .custom-license-container, .license-file-html-container{
+        display: block;
+        padding: 10.5px;
+        background-color: @pre-bg;
+        border: 1px solid #ccc;
+        word-break: normal;
         margin-bottom: @default-margin-bottom;
+        overflow: auto;
+        max-height: 450px;
     }
 
     .LicenseFile-container{
diff --git a/src/NuGetGallery/Views/Packages/_VerifyMetadata.cshtml b/src/NuGetGallery/Views/Packages/_VerifyMetadata.cshtml
index 4f54965cf1..0780164b6c 100644
--- a/src/NuGetGallery/Views/Packages/_VerifyMetadata.cshtml
+++ b/src/NuGetGallery/Views/Packages/_VerifyMetadata.cshtml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
             <div class="verify-package-field common-licenses">
                 <label class="verify-package-field-heading">License file</label>
                 <!-- ko if: $data.LicenseFileContentsHtml -->
-                <div class="license-html-file-container data-bind="html: $data.LicenseFileContentsHtml"></div>
+                <span class="license-file-html-container" data-bind="html: $data.LicenseFileContentsHtml"></span>
                 <!-- /ko -->
                 <!-- ko ifnot: $data.LicenseFileContentsHtml -->
                 <pre class="license-file-contents custom-license-container" data-bind="text: $data.LicenseFileContents"></pre>