diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmlcurstyle.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmlcurstyle.c
index 6c595ade48..239a5a5576 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmlcurstyle.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmlcurstyle.c
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLCurrentStyle_get_color(IHTMLCurrentStyle *iface, VARIA
 static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLCurrentStyle_get_backgroundColor(IHTMLCurrentStyle *iface, VARIANT *p)
 {
     HTMLCurrentStyle *This = HTMLCURSTYLE_THIS(iface);
-    FIXME("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
-    return E_NOTIMPL;
+    TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
+    return get_nsstyle_attr_var(This->nsstyle, STYLEID_BACKGROUND_COLOR, p, 0);
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLCurrentStyle_get_fontFamily(IHTMLCurrentStyle *iface, BSTR *p)
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c b/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c
index e26da2fb00..99ab148093 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c
@@ -2642,6 +2642,11 @@ static void test_current_style(IHTMLCurrentStyle *current_style)
     ok(hres == S_OK, "get_color failed: %08x\n", hres);
     ok(V_VT(&v) == VT_BSTR, "V_VT(v) = %d\n", V_VT(&v));
     VariantClear(&v);
+
+    hres = IHTMLCurrentStyle_get_backgroundColor(current_style, &v);
+    ok(hres == S_OK, "get_backgroundColor failed: %08x\n", hres);
+    ok(V_VT(&v) == VT_BSTR, "V_VT(v) = %d\n", V_VT(&v));
+    VariantClear(&v);
 }
 
 static void test_style2(IHTMLStyle2 *style2)