diff --git a/src/Interfaces.ts b/src/Interfaces.ts
index 97fa3fd8..513deede 100644
--- a/src/Interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/Interfaces.ts
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ export interface ITheme {
   foreground?: string;
   background?: string;
   cursor?: string;
+  cursorAccent?: string;
   selection?: string;
   black?: string;
   red?: string;
diff --git a/src/renderer/CharAtlas.ts b/src/renderer/CharAtlas.ts
index 34404e12..6808f85e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/CharAtlas.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/CharAtlas.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ function generateConfig(scaledCharWidth: number, scaledCharHeight: number, termi
     foreground: colors.foreground,
     background: colors.background,
     cursor: null,
+    cursorAccent: null,
     selection: null,
     ansi: colors.ansi.slice(0, 16)
   };
diff --git a/src/renderer/ColorManager.ts b/src/renderer/ColorManager.ts
index 746970bb..ea5f1cb0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/ColorManager.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/ColorManager.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { ITheme } from '../Interfaces';
 const DEFAULT_FOREGROUND = '#ffffff';
 const DEFAULT_BACKGROUND = '#000000';
 const DEFAULT_CURSOR = '#ffffff';
+const DEFAULT_CURSOR_ACCENT = '#000000';
 const DEFAULT_SELECTION = 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3)';
 export const DEFAULT_ANSI_COLORS = [
   // dark:
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ export class ColorManager implements IColorManager {
       foreground: DEFAULT_FOREGROUND,
       background: DEFAULT_BACKGROUND,
       cursor: DEFAULT_CURSOR,
+      cursorAccent: DEFAULT_CURSOR_ACCENT,
       selection: DEFAULT_SELECTION,
       ansi: generate256Colors(DEFAULT_ANSI_COLORS)
     };
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ export class ColorManager implements IColorManager {
     this.colors.foreground = theme.foreground || DEFAULT_FOREGROUND;
     this.colors.background = theme.background || DEFAULT_BACKGROUND;
     this.colors.cursor = theme.cursor || DEFAULT_CURSOR;
+    this.colors.cursorAccent = theme.cursorAccent || DEFAULT_CURSOR_ACCENT;
     this.colors.selection = theme.selection || DEFAULT_SELECTION;
     this.colors.ansi[0] = theme.black || DEFAULT_ANSI_COLORS[0];
     this.colors.ansi[1] = theme.red || DEFAULT_ANSI_COLORS[1];
diff --git a/src/renderer/CursorRenderLayer.ts b/src/renderer/CursorRenderLayer.ts
index 008b5662..e57c326d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/CursorRenderLayer.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/CursorRenderLayer.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export class CursorRenderLayer extends BaseRenderLayer {
     this._ctx.save();
     this._ctx.fillStyle = this._colors.cursor;
     this.fillCells(x, y, charData[CHAR_DATA_WIDTH_INDEX], 1);
-    this._ctx.fillStyle = this._colors.background;
+    this._ctx.fillStyle = this._colors.cursorAccent;
     this.fillCharTrueColor(terminal, charData, x, y);
     this._ctx.restore();
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/Interfaces.ts b/src/renderer/Interfaces.ts
index 719ca8cf..bb9e36be 100644
--- a/src/renderer/Interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/Interfaces.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ export interface IColorSet {
   foreground: string;
   background: string;
   cursor: string;
+  cursorAccent: string;
   selection: string;
   ansi: string[];
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/TestUtils.test.ts b/src/utils/TestUtils.test.ts
index 45cf169a..beed0aaa 100644
--- a/src/utils/TestUtils.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/TestUtils.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { ITerminal, IBuffer, IBufferSet, IBrowser, ICharMeasure, ISelectionManag
 import { LineData } from '../Types';
 import { Buffer } from '../Buffer';
 import * as Browser from './Browser';
-import { IColorSet, IRenderer, IRenderDimensions } from '../renderer/Interfaces';
+import { IColorSet, IRenderer, IRenderDimensions, IColorManager } from '../renderer/Interfaces';
 
 export class MockTerminal implements ITerminal {
   renderer: IRenderer;
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ export class MockBuffer implements IBuffer {
 }
 
 export class MockRenderer implements IRenderer {
+  colorManager: IColorManager;
   on(type: string, listener: IListenerType): void {
     throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
   }
diff --git a/typings/xterm.d.ts b/typings/xterm.d.ts
index 7a4d6940..de2a261b 100644
--- a/typings/xterm.d.ts
+++ b/typings/xterm.d.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ interface ITheme {
   background?: string,
   /** The cursor color */
   cursor?: string,
+  /** The accent color of the cursor (used as the foreground color for a block cursor) */
+  cursorAccent?: string,
   /** The selection color (can be transparent) */
   selection?: string,
   /** ANSI black (eg. `\x1b[30m`) */