diff --git a/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp b/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
index 90155b00b..86ff36882 100644
--- a/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
@@ -876,6 +876,7 @@ void MainApplication::loadSettings()
     webSettings->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::JavascriptCanAccessClipboard, settings.value("allowJavaScriptAccessClipboard", true).toBool());
     webSettings->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::LinksIncludedInFocusChain, settings.value("IncludeLinkInFocusChain", false).toBool());
     webSettings->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::XSSAuditingEnabled, settings.value("XSSAuditing", false).toBool());
+    webSettings->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::PrintElementBackgrounds, settings.value("PrintElementBackground", true).toBool());
     webSettings->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::SpatialNavigationEnabled, settings.value("SpatialNavigation", false).toBool());
     webSettings->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::ScrollAnimatorEnabled, settings.value("AnimateScrolling", true).toBool());
     webSettings->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::HyperlinkAuditingEnabled, false);
diff --git a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
index e19f9a945..b1c87fffb 100644
--- a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ Preferences::Preferences(BrowserWindow* window)
     ui->animateScrolling->setChecked(settings.value("AnimateScrolling", true).toBool());
     ui->wheelScroll->setValue(settings.value("wheelScrollLines", qApp->wheelScrollLines()).toInt());
     ui->xssAuditing->setChecked(settings.value("XSSAuditing", false).toBool());
+    ui->printEBackground->setChecked(settings.value("PrintElementBackground", true).toBool());
     ui->useNativeScrollbars->setChecked(settings.value("UseNativeScrollbars", true).toBool());
 
     foreach (int level, WebView::zoomLevels()) {
@@ -951,6 +952,7 @@ void Preferences::saveSettings()
     settings.setValue("LoadTabsOnActivation", ui->dontLoadTabsUntilSelected->isChecked());
     settings.setValue("DefaultZoomLevel", ui->defaultZoomLevel->currentIndex());
     settings.setValue("XSSAuditing", ui->xssAuditing->isChecked());
+    settings.setValue("PrintElementBackground", ui->printEBackground->isChecked());
     settings.setValue("closeAppWithCtrlQ", ui->closeAppWithCtrlQ->isChecked());
     settings.setValue("UseNativeScrollbars", ui->useNativeScrollbars->isChecked());
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
diff --git a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.ui b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.ui
index f2d3df085..ae5509130 100644
--- a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.ui
+++ b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.ui
@@ -1103,6 +1103,13 @@
                    </property>
                   </widget>
                  </item>
+                 <item>
+                  <widget class="QCheckBox" name="printEBackground">
+                   <property name="text">
+                    <string extracomment="when you are printing page (on printer), it determine whether to also print background (color, image) of html elements">Print element background</string>
+                   </property>
+                  </widget>
+                 </item>
                  <item>
                   <widget class="QCheckBox" name="animateScrolling">
                    <property name="text">