A lighting device for a vehicle steering wheel rim, comprising: —a plurality of light sources arranged so as to emit light towards an external display wall of the rim, —a holding body comprising an internal wall with an elongate opening having a predetermined passage width to allow the light emitted towards the external display wall to pass through, wherein the lighting device comprises at least one bridging element engaged with the holding body and at least partially arranged on an opposite side of the internal wall from the external, display wall, in order to limit any increase in the predetermined passage width.