diff --git a/src/Gui/Colors.cpp b/src/Gui/Colors.cpp
index 7c81af65b..6497ebf4e 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Colors.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Colors.cpp
@@ -635,14 +635,19 @@ GCColor::stylesheet(bool train)
     // make it to order to reflect current config
     QColor bgColor = train ? GColor(CTRAINPLOTBACKGROUND) : GColor(CPLOTBACKGROUND);
     QColor fgColor = GCColor::invertColor(bgColor);
+    QColor bgSelColor = selectedColor(bgColor);
+    QColor fgSelColor = GCColor::invertColor(bgSelColor);
     return QString("QTreeView { color: %2; background: %1; }"
+                   "%3"
                    "QTableWidget { color: %2; background: %1; }"
 #ifndef Q_OS_MAC
                    "QHeaderView { background-color: %1; color: %2; }"
                    "QHeaderView::section { background-color: %1; color: %2; border: 0px ; }"
 #endif
                    "QTableWidget::item:hover { color: black; background: lightGray; }"
-                   "QTreeView::item:hover { color: black; background: lightGray; }").arg(bgColor.name()).arg(fgColor.name());
+                   "QTreeView::item:hover { color: black; background: lightGray; }"
+                   "QTreeView::item:selected { color: %4; background-color: %3; }"
+                  ).arg(bgColor.name()).arg(fgColor.name()).arg(bgSelColor.name()).arg(fgSelColor.name());
 }
 
 bool