diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_view_View.h b/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_view_View.h
index eb6eb209..c2e5888d 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_view_View.h
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_view_View.h
@@ -287,6 +287,14 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_view_View_native_1requestLayout
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_view_View_nativeInvalidate
   (JNIEnv *, jclass, jlong);
 
+/*
+ * Class:     android_view_View
+ * Method:    setBackgroundColor
+ * Signature: (I)V
+ */
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_view_View_setBackgroundColor
+  (JNIEnv *, jobject, jint);
+
 /*
  * Class:     android_view_View
  * Method:    setVisibility
diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/views/android_view_View.c b/src/api-impl-jni/views/android_view_View.c
index 22875a85..ead3d463 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/views/android_view_View.c
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/views/android_view_View.c
@@ -321,3 +321,17 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_view_View_native_1requestLayout(JNIEnv *env,
 
 	gtk_widget_queue_resize(widget);
 }
+
+// FIXME: this will probably behave unfortunately if called multiple times
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_view_View_setBackgroundColor(JNIEnv *env, jobject this, jint color)
+{
+	GtkWidget *widget = GTK_WIDGET(_PTR(_GET_LONG_FIELD(this, "widget")));
+
+	GtkCssProvider *css_provider = gtk_css_provider_new();
+
+	char *css_string = g_markup_printf_escaped("* { background-color: #%06x%02x; }", color & 0xFFFFFF, (color >> 24) & 0xFF);
+	gtk_css_provider_load_from_string(css_provider, css_string);
+	g_free(css_string);
+
+	gtk_style_context_add_provider(gtk_widget_get_style_context(gtk_widget_get_parent(widget)), GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER(css_provider), GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_APPLICATION);
+}
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/view/View.java b/src/api-impl/android/view/View.java
index c8eea335..185410ee 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/view/View.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/view/View.java
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ public class View extends Object {
 	}
 	private static native void nativeInvalidate(long widget);
 
-	public void setBackgroundColor(int color) {}
+	public native void setBackgroundColor(int color);
 	public native void setVisibility(int visibility);
 	public void setPadding(int left, int top, int right, int bottom) {}
 	public void setBackgroundResource(int resid) {