diff --git a/util/grub-mkconfig.in b/util/grub-mkconfig.in
index f8cbb8d..17269b3 100644
--- a/util/grub-mkconfig.in
+++ b/util/grub-mkconfig.in
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ export GRUB_DEVICE \
   GRUB_DEVICE_BOOT \
   GRUB_DEVICE_BOOT_UUID \
   GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER \
+  GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL \
+  GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT \
   GRUB_FS \
   GRUB_FONT \
   GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES \
diff --git a/util/grub.d/00_header.in b/util/grub.d/00_header.in
index 93a9023..c5955df 100644
--- a/util/grub.d/00_header.in
+++ b/util/grub.d/00_header.in
@@ -125,6 +125,14 @@ cat <<EOF
 
 EOF
 
+if [ x$GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL != x ] && [ x$GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT != x ] ; then
+    cat << EOF
+set menu_color_normal=$GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL
+set menu_color_highlight=$GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT
+
+EOF
+fi
+
 serial=0;
 gfxterm=0;
 for x in ${GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT} ${GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT}; do