diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/commandbar-link-style_2018-05-24-17-43.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/commandbar-link-style_2018-05-24-17-43.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e8ee946db1d7f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/commandbar-link-style_2018-05-24-17-43.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "CommandBar Example: More specific selector for text color to override the link styles we get from msgraph on the website.",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "lynam.emily@gmail.com"
+}
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diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/CommandBar/examples/CommandBar.Example.scss b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/CommandBar/examples/CommandBar.Example.scss
index 4afbd507b2c532..cf7b42be89597b 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/CommandBar/examples/CommandBar.Example.scss
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/CommandBar/examples/CommandBar.Example.scss
@@ -35,15 +35,19 @@
 
 /* Require update when office-ui-fabric-react changes to CSS modules */
 .button {
-    &:global.ms-Button {
-        height: 40px;
-        min-width: 28px;
-        padding: 0 5px;
-    }
+  &:global.ms-Button {
+      height: 40px;
+      min-width: 28px;
+      padding: 0 5px;
+  }
+
+  &:hover {
+    background: initial;
+  }
+}
 
-    &:hover {
-      background: initial;
-    }
+:global(.ms-CommandBarItem-commandText) {
+  color: $ms-color-neutralPrimary;
 }
 
 .darkerBG {