diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 2b3bd8cc8..d29f54c3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Version 1.4.0
     * fixed possible crash in saving page screen of a really long page
     * fixed showing window in fullscreen with XFCE
     * X11: fixed Ctrl+Q shortcut for DEs other than KDE and Gnome
+    * windows: fixed color of found text when searching on page
+    * windows: fixed navigating to file links and x: labels in file: scheme handler
     * windows: fixed downloading utf-8 encoded adblock subscriptions
     * windows: improved installer allows registering as default web browser
     * windows: check and set as default browser from preferences
diff --git a/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp b/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
index 0e8eef39b..946e3948c 100644
--- a/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
@@ -977,7 +977,18 @@ RegisterQAppAssociation* MainApplication::associationManager()
 
 QUrl MainApplication::userStyleSheet(const QString &filePath) const
 {
-    QString userStyle = AdBlockManager::instance()->elementHidingRules() + "{ display:none !important;}";
+    QString userStyle;
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    // Don't grey out selection on losing focus (to prevent graying out found text)
+    QPalette pal = style()->standardPalette();
+    QString highlightColor = pal.color(QPalette::Highlight).name();
+    QString highlightedTextColor = pal.color(QPalette::HighlightedText).name();
+
+    userStyle += QString("::selection {background: %1; color: %2;} ").arg(highlightColor, highlightedTextColor);
+#endif
+
+    userStyle += AdBlockManager::instance()->elementHidingRules() + "{ display:none !important;}";
 
     QFile file(filePath);
     if (!filePath.isEmpty() && file.open(QFile::ReadOnly)) {