diff --git a/share/static/css/elevator-light/misc.css b/share/static/css/elevator-light/misc.css
index 6ed4dd5eb1f..ec10f7ab379 100644
--- a/share/static/css/elevator-light/misc.css
+++ b/share/static/css/elevator-light/misc.css
@@ -183,3 +183,8 @@ ul.ui-autocomplete {
 .modal.search-results-filter .modal-dialog {
     margin: 0;
 }
+
+/* Enable checkboxes to be selected holding shift key */
+input[type="checkbox"] {
+    z-index: 1;
+}
diff --git a/share/static/js/util.js b/share/static/js/util.js
index 4fa5bae7ae9..78c3349f764 100644
--- a/share/static/js/util.js
+++ b/share/static/js/util.js
@@ -237,6 +237,30 @@ function checkboxesToInput(target,checkboxes) {
     tar.val(emails.join(', ')).change();
 }
 
+// Enable multiple checkbox selection holding shift key
+jQuery(function () {
+    var lastCheckedByName = {};
+    jQuery('input[type=checkbox]').click(function (event) {
+        var name = jQuery(this).attr('name');
+        if (name) {
+            // Remove text after "-" from name for better compatibility
+            name = name.replace(/-.*/, '');
+            var lastChecked = lastCheckedByName[name];
+            if (event.shiftKey && name) {
+                if (lastChecked) {
+                    var checkboxes = jQuery('input[type=checkbox][name^=' + name + ']');
+                    var start = checkboxes.index(this);
+                    var end = checkboxes.index(lastChecked);
+                    checkboxes.slice(Math.min(start, end),
+                        Math.max(start, end) + 1).prop('checked',
+                            this.checked);
+                }
+            }
+            lastCheckedByName[name] = this;
+        }
+    });
+});
+
 // ahah for back compatibility as plugins may still use it
 function ahah( url, id ) {
     jQuery('#'+id).load(url);