diff --git a/conf/config_file.c b/conf/config_file.c
index d6bf82fa92..8a6b5add6c 100644
--- a/conf/config_file.c
+++ b/conf/config_file.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include "strl.h"
 
 struct entry_list
@@ -216,8 +217,15 @@ bool config_get_int(config_file_t *conf, const char *key, int *in)
    {
       if (strcmp(key, list->key) == 0)
       {
-         *in = strtol(list->value, NULL, 0);
-         return true;
+         errno = 0;
+         int val = strtol(list->value, NULL, 0);
+         if (errno == 0)
+         {
+            *in = val;
+            return true;
+         }
+         return
+            false;
       }
       list = list->next;
    }
@@ -232,8 +240,15 @@ bool config_get_hex(config_file_t *conf, const char *key, unsigned *in)
    {
       if (strcmp(key, list->key) == 0)
       {
-         *in = strtol(list->value, NULL, 16);
-         return true;
+         errno = 0;
+         unsigned val = strtoul(list->value, NULL, 16);
+         if (errno == 0)
+         {
+            *in = val;
+            return true;
+         }
+         else
+            return false;
       }
       list = list->next;
    }
diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 190e41bded..63175e98a9 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ static const unsigned font_size = 48;
 // Offset for where messages will be placed on-screen. Values are in range [0.0, 1.0].
 static const float message_pos_offset_x = 0.05;
 static const float message_pos_offset_y = 0.05;
+// Color of the message.
+static const uint32_t message_color = 0xffffff; // RGB hex value.
 
 // Render-to-texture before rendering to screen (multi-pass shaders)
 static const bool render_to_texture = false;
diff --git a/general.h b/general.h
index a033b11e18..032d43e3d9 100644
--- a/general.h
+++ b/general.h
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ struct settings
       unsigned font_size;
       float msg_pos_x;
       float msg_pos_y;
+      float msg_color_r;
+      float msg_color_g;
+      float msg_color_b;
 
       bool force_16bit;
       bool disable_composition;
diff --git a/gfx/gl.c b/gfx/gl.c
index e385928d30..17a404d5f5 100644
--- a/gfx/gl.c
+++ b/gfx/gl.c
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ static void gl_render_msg(gl_t *gl, const char *msg)
    // Need blending. 
    // Using fixed function pipeline here since we cannot guarantee presence of shaders (would be kinda overkill anyways).
    glEnable(GL_BLEND);
+   glColor4f(g_settings.video.msg_color_r, g_settings.video.msg_color_g, g_settings.video.msg_color_b, 1);
 
    struct font_output_list out;
    font_renderer_msg(gl->font, msg, &out);
@@ -654,10 +655,13 @@ static void gl_render_msg(gl_t *gl, const char *msg)
    }
    font_renderer_free_output(&out);
 
+   glColor4f(1, 1, 1, 1);
+
    // Go back to old rendering path.
    glTexCoordPointer(2, GL_FLOAT, 2 * sizeof(GLfloat), gl->tex_coords);
    glVertexPointer(2, GL_FLOAT, 2 * sizeof(GLfloat), vertexes_flipped);
    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, gl->texture[gl->tex_index]);
+
    glDisable(GL_BLEND);
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/gfx/shader_cg.c b/gfx/shader_cg.c
index 8a12fdd680..2a3a716ce6 100644
--- a/gfx/shader_cg.c
+++ b/gfx/shader_cg.c
@@ -37,20 +37,23 @@ static const char* stock_cg_program =
       "("
       "	float4 position	: POSITION,"
       "	float2 texCoord : TEXCOORD0,"
+      "  float4 color : COLOR,"
       ""
       "  uniform float4x4 modelViewProj,"
       ""
       "	out float4 oPosition : POSITION,"
-      "	out float2 otexCoord : TEXCOORD0"
+      "	out float2 otexCoord : TEXCOORD0,"
+      "  out float4 oColor : COLOR"
       ")"
       "{"
       "	oPosition = mul(modelViewProj, position);"
       "	otexCoord = texCoord;"
+      "  oColor = color;"
       "}"
       ""
-      "float4 main_fragment(float2 tex : TEXCOORD0, uniform sampler2D s0 : TEXUNIT0) : COLOR"
+      "float4 main_fragment(in float4 color : COLOR, float2 tex : TEXCOORD0, uniform sampler2D s0 : TEXUNIT0) : COLOR"
       "{"
-      "   return tex2D(s0, tex);"
+      "   return color * tex2D(s0, tex);"
       "}";
 
 #ifdef SSNES_CG_DEBUG
diff --git a/settings.c b/settings.c
index ae7643e7ad..e9416436ff 100644
--- a/settings.c
+++ b/settings.c
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ static void set_defaults(void)
    g_settings.video.font_size = font_size;
    g_settings.video.msg_pos_x = message_pos_offset_x;
    g_settings.video.msg_pos_y = message_pos_offset_y;
+   
+   g_settings.video.msg_color_r = ((message_color >> 16) & 0xff) / 255.0f;
+   g_settings.video.msg_color_g = ((message_color >>  8) & 0xff) / 255.0f;
+   g_settings.video.msg_color_b = ((message_color >>  0) & 0xff) / 255.0f;
 #endif
 
 #if defined(HAVE_CG) || defined(HAVE_XML)
@@ -322,6 +326,14 @@ static void parse_config_file(void)
    CONFIG_GET_INT(video.font_size, "video_font_size");
    CONFIG_GET_DOUBLE(video.msg_pos_x, "video_message_pos_x");
    CONFIG_GET_DOUBLE(video.msg_pos_y, "video_message_pos_y");
+
+   unsigned msg_color;
+   if (config_get_hex(conf, "video_message_color", &msg_color))
+   {
+      g_settings.video.msg_color_r = ((msg_color >> 16) & 0xff) / 255.0f;
+      g_settings.video.msg_color_g = ((msg_color >>  8) & 0xff) / 255.0f;
+      g_settings.video.msg_color_b = ((msg_color >>  0) & 0xff) / 255.0f;
+   }
 #endif
 
    CONFIG_GET_BOOL(video.hires_record, "video_hires_record");
diff --git a/ssnes.cfg b/ssnes.cfg
index bbcbd3191b..847bda5634 100644
--- a/ssnes.cfg
+++ b/ssnes.cfg
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
 # video_message_pos_x = 0.05
 # video_message_pox_y = 0.05
 
+# Color for message. The value is treated as a hexadecimal value.
+# It is a regular RGB hex number, i.e. red is "ff0000".
+# video_message_color = ffffff
+
 #### Audio
 
 # Enable audio.