diff --git a/framework/yii/gii/generators/crud/templates/views/index.php b/framework/yii/gii/generators/crud/templates/views/index.php
index 5f55e84..df76581 100644
--- a/framework/yii/gii/generators/crud/templates/views/index.php
+++ b/framework/yii/gii/generators/crud/templates/views/index.php
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ $this->params['breadcrumbs'][] = $this->title;
 		'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
 		'filterModel' => $searchModel,
 		'columns' => array(
+			array('class' => 'yii\grid\SerialColumn'),
+
 <?php
 $count = 0;
 foreach ($generator->getTableSchema()->columns as $column) {
@@ -55,9 +57,7 @@ foreach ($generator->getTableSchema()->columns as $column) {
 }
 ?>
 
-			array(
-				'class' => 'yii\grid\ActionColumn',
-			),
+			array('class' => 'yii\grid\ActionColumn'),
 		),
 	)); ?>
 <?php else: ?>
diff --git a/framework/yii/grid/SerialColumn.php b/framework/yii/grid/SerialColumn.php
index 2fdb770..6a875ae 100644
--- a/framework/yii/grid/SerialColumn.php
+++ b/framework/yii/grid/SerialColumn.php
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ namespace yii\grid;
  */
 class SerialColumn extends Column
 {
+	public $header = '#';
+
 	/**
 	 * Renders the data cell content.
 	 * @param mixed $model the data model