diff --git a/Docs/src/attributes.but b/Docs/src/attributes.but
index 5774b6df..0f001001 100644
--- a/Docs/src/attributes.but
+++ b/Docs/src/attributes.but
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ Controls whether or not installs are enabled to the root directory of a drive, o
 
 Sets whether or not the install window automatically closes when completed. This is overrideable from a section using \R{setautoclose}{SetAutoClose}.
 
+\S2{abgfont} BGFont
+
+\c [font_face [height [wieght] [/ITALIC] [/UNDERLINE] [/STRIKE]]]
+
+Specifies the font used to show the text on the background gradient. To set the color use \R{abggradient}{BGGradient}. If no parameters are specified, the default font will be used. The default font is bold and italic Times New Roman.
+
 \S2{abggradient} BGGradient
 
 \c [\\<b\\>off\\</b\\>|(topc botc [textcolor|notext])]
diff --git a/Source/Platform.h b/Source/Platform.h
index 49abe501..783b38ed 100644
--- a/Source/Platform.h
+++ b/Source/Platform.h
@@ -479,6 +479,30 @@ typedef WORD LANGID;
 #ifndef TRANSPARENT
 #  define TRANSPARENT 1
 #endif
+#ifndef LF_FACESIZE
+#  define LF_FACESIZE 32
+#endif
+#ifndef FW_NORMAL
+#  define FW_NORMAL 400
+#endif
+#ifndef FW_BOLD
+#  define FW_BOLD 700
+#endif
+#ifndef DEFAULT_CHARSET
+#  define DEFAULT_CHARSET 1
+#endif
+#ifndef OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS
+#  define OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS 0
+#endif
+#ifndef CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS
+#  define CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS 0
+#endif
+#ifndef DEFAULT_QUALITY
+#  define DEFAULT_QUALITY 0
+#endif
+#ifndef DEFAULT_PITCH
+#  define DEFAULT_PITCH 0
+#endif
 
 // file ops
 
@@ -546,6 +570,22 @@ typedef WORD LANGID;
 // structures
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
+typedef struct _LOGFONT {
+  LONG lfHeight;
+  LONG lfWidth;
+  LONG lfEscapement;
+  LONG lfOrientation;
+  LONG lfWeight;
+  BYTE lfItalic;
+  BYTE lfUnderline;
+  BYTE lfStrikeOut;
+  BYTE lfCharSet;
+  BYTE lfOutPrecision;
+  BYTE lfClipPrecision;
+  BYTE lfQuality;
+  BYTE lfPitchAndFamily;
+  CHAR lfFaceName[LF_FACESIZE];
+} LOGFONT;
 #  pragma pack(2)
 typedef struct _IMAGE_DOS_HEADER {
   WORD e_magic;
diff --git a/Source/build.cpp b/Source/build.cpp
index 93f0f494..3ec58f4e 100644
--- a/Source/build.cpp
+++ b/Source/build.cpp
@@ -394,6 +394,22 @@ definedlist.add("NSIS_SUPPORT_LANG_IN_STRINGS");
   notify_hwnd=0;
 #endif
 
+  bg_default_font.lfHeight=40;
+  bg_default_font.lfWidth=0;
+  bg_default_font.lfEscapement=0;
+  bg_default_font.lfOrientation=0;
+  bg_default_font.lfWeight=FW_BOLD;
+  bg_default_font.lfItalic=TRUE;
+  bg_default_font.lfUnderline=FALSE;
+  bg_default_font.lfStrikeOut=FALSE;
+  bg_default_font.lfCharSet=DEFAULT_CHARSET;
+  bg_default_font.lfOutPrecision=OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS;
+  bg_default_font.lfClipPrecision=CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS;
+  bg_default_font.lfQuality=DEFAULT_QUALITY;
+  bg_default_font.lfPitchAndFamily=DEFAULT_PITCH;
+  strncpy(bg_default_font.lfFaceName,"Times New Roman",LF_FACESIZE);
+  memcpy(&bg_font,&bg_default_font,sizeof(LOGFONT));
+
   defcodepage_set=false;
   uDefCodePage=CP_ACP;
 
@@ -2150,6 +2166,14 @@ void CEXEBuild::PreperHeaders(IGrowBuf *hdrbuf)
   hdrbuf->add(cur_langtables->get(),cur_langtables->getlen());
   cur_header->blocks[NB_CTLCOLORS].offset = hdrbuf->getlen();
   hdrbuf->add(cur_ctlcolors->get(),cur_ctlcolors->getlen());
+#ifdef NSIS_SUPPORT_BGBG
+  if (cur_header->bg_color1 != -1)
+  {
+    bg_font.lfFaceName[LF_FACESIZE-1]=0;
+    cur_header->blocks[NB_BGFONT].offset = hdrbuf->getlen();
+    hdrbuf->add(&bg_font,sizeof(LOGFONT));
+  }
+#endif
 
   memcpy(hdrbuf->get(),cur_header,sizeof(header));
 }
diff --git a/Source/build.h b/Source/build.h
index 11db2662..1e0eefe9 100644
--- a/Source/build.h
+++ b/Source/build.h
@@ -341,6 +341,12 @@ class CEXEBuild {
     bool branding_image_found;
     WORD branding_image_id;
     unsigned char *m_unicon_data;
+
+#ifdef NSIS_SUPPORT_BGBG
+    LOGFONT bg_font;
+    LOGFONT bg_default_font;
+#endif
+
 #ifdef NSIS_CONFIG_COMPRESSION_SUPPORT
     int deflateToFile(FILE *fp, char *buf, int len); // len==0 to flush
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/exehead/bgbg.c b/Source/exehead/bgbg.c
index 60e228f8..025e8f4e 100644
--- a/Source/exehead/bgbg.c
+++ b/Source/exehead/bgbg.c
@@ -59,22 +59,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK BG_WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
         if (header->bg_textcolor != -1)
         {
           HFONT oldFont;
-          HFONT newFont = CreateFont(
-            40,
-            0,
-            0,
-            0,
-            FW_BOLD,
-            TRUE,
-            FALSE,
-            FALSE,
-            DEFAULT_CHARSET,
-            OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS,
-            CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS,
-            DEFAULT_QUALITY,
-            DEFAULT_PITCH,
-            "Garamond"
-          );
+          HFONT newFont = CreateFontIndirect((LOGFONT *) header->blocks[NB_BGFONT].offset);
           if (newFont)
           {
             r.left=16;
diff --git a/Source/exehead/fileform.h b/Source/exehead/fileform.h
index b699176e..5ba28fed 100644
--- a/Source/exehead/fileform.h
+++ b/Source/exehead/fileform.h
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ enum {
   NB_STRINGS,
   NB_LANGTABLES,
   NB_CTLCOLORS,
+#ifdef NSIS_SUPPORT_BGBG
+  NB_BGFONT,
+#endif
   NB_DATA,
 
   BLOCKS_NUM
diff --git a/Source/script.cpp b/Source/script.cpp
index 31354f01..e0db6315 100644
--- a/Source/script.cpp
+++ b/Source/script.cpp
@@ -2015,6 +2015,81 @@ int CEXEBuild::doCommand(int which_token, LineParser &line)
         SCRIPT_MSG("AllowRootDirInstall: %s\n",k?"false":"true");
       }
     return PS_OK;
+    case TOK_BGFONT:
+#ifndef NSIS_SUPPORT_BGBG
+      ERROR_MSG("Error: BGFont specified but NSIS_SUPPORT_BGBG not defined\n");
+      return PS_ERROR;
+#else//NSIS_SUPPORT_BGBG
+      if (line.getnumtokens()==1)
+      {
+        memcpy(&bg_font,&bg_default_font,sizeof(LOGFONT));
+        SCRIPT_MSG("BGFont: default font\n");
+        return PS_OK;
+      }
+
+      LOGFONT newfont;
+      newfont.lfHeight=40;
+      newfont.lfWidth=0;
+      newfont.lfEscapement=0;
+      newfont.lfOrientation=0;
+      newfont.lfWeight=FW_NORMAL;
+      newfont.lfItalic=FALSE;
+      newfont.lfUnderline=FALSE;
+      newfont.lfStrikeOut=FALSE;
+      newfont.lfCharSet=DEFAULT_CHARSET;
+      newfont.lfOutPrecision=OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS;
+      newfont.lfClipPrecision=CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS;
+      newfont.lfQuality=DEFAULT_QUALITY;
+      newfont.lfPitchAndFamily=DEFAULT_PITCH;
+
+      strncpy(newfont.lfFaceName,line.gettoken_str(1),LF_FACESIZE);
+
+      SCRIPT_MSG("BGFont: \"%s\"",line.gettoken_str(1));
+      {
+        bool height=false;
+        bool weight=false;
+        for (int i = 2; i < line.getnumtokens(); i++) {
+          char *tok=line.gettoken_str(i);
+          if (tok[0]=='/') {
+            if (!strcmpi(tok,"/ITALIC")) {
+              SCRIPT_MSG(" /ITALIC");
+              newfont.lfItalic=TRUE;
+            }
+            else if (!strcmpi(tok,"/UNDERLINE")) {
+              SCRIPT_MSG(" /UNDERLINE");
+              newfont.lfUnderline=TRUE;
+            }
+            else if (!strcmpi(tok,"/STRIKE")) {
+              SCRIPT_MSG(" /STRIKE");
+              newfont.lfStrikeOut=TRUE;
+            }
+            else {
+              SCRIPT_MSG("\n");
+              PRINTHELP();
+            }
+          }
+          else {
+            if (!height) {
+              SCRIPT_MSG(" height=%s",tok);
+              newfont.lfHeight=line.gettoken_int(i);
+              height=true;
+            }
+            else if (!weight) {
+              SCRIPT_MSG(" weight=%s",tok);
+              newfont.lfWeight=line.gettoken_int(i);
+              weight=true;
+            }
+            else {
+              SCRIPT_MSG("\n");
+              PRINTHELP();
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      SCRIPT_MSG("\n");
+      memcpy(&bg_font, &newfont, sizeof(LOGFONT));
+    return PS_OK;
+#endif//NSIS_SUPPORT_BGBG
     case TOK_BGGRADIENT:
 #ifndef NSIS_SUPPORT_BGBG
       ERROR_MSG("Error: BGGradient specified but NSIS_SUPPORT_BGBG not defined\n");
@@ -2028,7 +2103,7 @@ int CEXEBuild::doCommand(int which_token, LineParser &line)
       }
       else if (!stricmp(line.gettoken_str(1),"off"))
       {
-        build_header.bg_color1=build_header.bg_color2=-1;
+        build_header.bg_color1=build_header.bg_color2=build_header.bg_textcolor=-1;
         SCRIPT_MSG("BGGradient: off\n");
         if (line.getnumtokens()>2) PRINTHELP()
       }
diff --git a/Source/tokens.cpp b/Source/tokens.cpp
index b80f6005..3d3ef9e1 100644
--- a/Source/tokens.cpp
+++ b/Source/tokens.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ static tokenType tokenlist[TOK__LAST] =
 {TOK_ADDBRANDINGIMAGE,"AddBrandingImage",2,1,"(top|left|bottom|right) (height|width) [padding]",TP_GLOBAL},
 {TOK_ADDSIZE,"AddSize",1,0,"size_to_add_to_section_in_kb",TP_SEC},
 {TOK_AUTOCLOSE,"AutoCloseWindow",1,0,"(false|true)",TP_GLOBAL},
+{TOK_BGFONT,"BGFont",0,6,"[font_face [height [wieght] [/ITALIC] [/UNDERLINE] [/STRIKE]]]",TP_GLOBAL},
 {TOK_BGGRADIENT,"BGGradient",0,3,"(off | [top_color [bottom_color [text_color]]])",TP_GLOBAL},
 {TOK_BRANDINGTEXT,"BrandingText",1,1,"[/TRIM(LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER)] installer_text",TP_GLOBAL},
 {TOK_BRINGTOFRONT,"BringToFront",0,0,"",TP_CODE},
diff --git a/Source/tokens.h b/Source/tokens.h
index 1ff9abd9..ad3147ae 100644
--- a/Source/tokens.h
+++ b/Source/tokens.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ enum
   TOK_SHOWDETAILSUNINST,
   TOK_DIRSHOW,
   TOK_ROOTDIRINST,
+  TOK_BGFONT,
   TOK_BGGRADIENT,
   TOK_INSTCOLORS,
   TOK_SUBCAPTION,