diff --git a/web/react/components/new_channel_modal.jsx b/web/react/components/new_channel_modal.jsx
index 70fe10eef0..9f733c476c 100644
--- a/web/react/components/new_channel_modal.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/new_channel_modal.jsx
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ export default class NewChannelModal extends React.Component {
             });
         }
     }
+    componentDidMount() {
+        if (Utils.isBrowserIE()) {
+            $('body').addClass('browser--IE');
+        }
+    }
     handleSubmit(e) {
         e.preventDefault();
 
diff --git a/web/sass-files/sass/partials/_modal.scss b/web/sass-files/sass/partials/_modal.scss
index 7627f6a4c0..b451adb759 100644
--- a/web/sass-files/sass/partials/_modal.scss
+++ b/web/sass-files/sass/partials/_modal.scss
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 .modal {
 	width: 100%;
 	color: #333;
+	body.browser--IE & {
+		.modal-dialog {
+			@include translateY(0);
+		}
+	}
 	&.image_modal {
 		.modal-backdrop.in {
 			@include opacity(0.7);