diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py b/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ class hgweb(object):
                      node=hex(node),
                      path=abspath,
                      up=_up(abspath),
+                     upparity=self.stripes(0),
                      fentries=filelist,
                      dentries=dirlist,
                      archives=self.archivelist(hex(node)))
diff --git a/templates/gitweb/manifest.tmpl b/templates/gitweb/manifest.tmpl
--- a/templates/gitweb/manifest.tmpl
+++ b/templates/gitweb/manifest.tmpl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ manifest |
 
 <div class="title" >#path|escape#</div>
 <table cellspacing="0">
-<tr class="light">
+<tr class="parity#upparity#">
 <td style="font-family:monospace">drwxr-xr-x</td>
 <td style="font-family:monospace"></td>
 <td><a href="{url}file/#node|short##up|urlescape#{sessionvars%urlparameter}">[up]</a></td>
diff --git a/templates/manifest.tmpl b/templates/manifest.tmpl
--- a/templates/manifest.tmpl
+++ b/templates/manifest.tmpl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 <h2>manifest for changeset #node|short#: #path|escape#</h2>
 
 <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
-<tr class="parity1">
+<tr class="parity#upparity#">
   <td><tt>drwxr-xr-x</tt>&nbsp;
   <td>&nbsp;
   <td><a href="#url#file/#node|short##up|urlescape#{sessionvars%urlparameter}">[up]</a>