diff --git a/source/glest_game/facilities/components.cpp b/source/glest_game/facilities/components.cpp
index 65534539..8f3d4cc4 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/facilities/components.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/facilities/components.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ float GraphicComponent::anim= 0.f;
 float GraphicComponent::fade= 0.f;
 const float GraphicComponent::animSpeed= 0.02f;
 const float GraphicComponent::fadeSpeed= 0.01f;
+// WHITE
+Vec3f GraphicComponent::customTextColor = Vec3f(1.0,1.0,1.0);
 
 std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, GraphicComponent *> > GraphicComponent::registeredGraphicComponentList;
 
diff --git a/source/glest_game/facilities/components.h b/source/glest_game/facilities/components.h
index 1be0da55..26377178 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/facilities/components.h
+++ b/source/glest_game/facilities/components.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ protected:
 
 	static float anim;
 	static float fade;
+	static Vec3f customTextColor;
 
 	string instanceName;
 
@@ -69,6 +70,9 @@ public:
 	GraphicComponent(std::string containerName="", std::string objName="");
 	virtual ~GraphicComponent(){}
 
+	static void setCustomTextColor(Vec3f value) { customTextColor = value; }
+	static Vec3f getCustomTextColor() { return customTextColor; }
+
 	static void clearRegisteredComponents(std::string containerName="");
 	static void clearRegisterGraphicComponent(std::string containerName, std::string objName);
 	static void clearRegisterGraphicComponent(std::string containerName, std::vector<std::string> objNameList);
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ private:
 
 public:
 	GraphicLabel();
-	void init(int x, int y, int w=defW, int h=defH, bool centered= false, Vec3f textColor=Vec3f(1.f, 1.f, 1.f), bool wordWrap=false);
+	void init(int x, int y, int w=defW, int h=defH, bool centered= false, Vec3f textColor=GraphicComponent::customTextColor, bool wordWrap=false);
 
 	bool getCentered() const	{return centered;}
 	void setCentered(bool centered)	{this->centered= centered;}
@@ -206,7 +210,7 @@ private:
 	
 public:
 	GraphicListBox(std::string containerName="", std::string objName="");
-    void init(int x, int y, int w=defW, int h=defH, Vec3f textColor=Vec3f(1.f, 1.f, 1.f));
+    void init(int x, int y, int w=defW, int h=defH, Vec3f textColor=GraphicComponent::customTextColor);
     
 	int getItemCount() const				{return items.size();}
 	string getItem(int index) const			{return items[index];}
diff --git a/source/glest_game/graphics/renderer.cpp b/source/glest_game/graphics/renderer.cpp
index c4a7c6b8..8e794e6c 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/graphics/renderer.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/graphics/renderer.cpp
@@ -2826,14 +2826,14 @@ void Renderer::renderButton(GraphicButton *button, const Vec4f *fontColorOverrid
 	}
 
 	//button
-	Vec4f fontColor;
+	Vec4f fontColor(GraphicComponent::getCustomTextColor());
 
 	if(fontColorOverride != NULL) {
 		fontColor= *fontColorOverride;
 	}
 	else {
 		// white shadowed is default ( in the menu for example )
-		fontColor=Vec4f(1.f, 1.f, 1.f, GraphicComponent::getFade());
+		fontColor.w = GraphicComponent::getFade();
 	}
 
 	//Vec4f color= Vec4f(1.f, 1.f, 1.f, GraphicComponent::getFade());
diff --git a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
index 7597228a..0f842ebc 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //	This file is part of Glest (www.glest.org)
 //
-//	Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Martiño Figueroa
+//	Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Marti�o Figueroa
 //
 //	You can redistribute this code and/or modify it under
 //	the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
@@ -3361,6 +3361,12 @@ int glestMain(int argc, char** argv) {
 		UPNP_Tools::isUPNP = !config.getBool("DisableUPNP","false");
 		Texture::useTextureCompression = config.getBool("EnableTextureCompression","false");
 
+		if(config.getString("CustomMenuTextColor","") != "") {
+			string customMenuTextColor = config.getString("CustomMenuTextColor");
+			Vec3f customTextColor = Vec3f::strToVec3(customMenuTextColor);
+			GraphicComponent::setCustomTextColor(customTextColor);
+		}
+
 		// 256 for English
 		// 30000 for Chinese
 		Font::charCount    		= config.getInt("FONT_CHARCOUNT",intToStr(Font::charCount).c_str());