diff --git a/src/QGCMapPalette.cc b/src/QGCMapPalette.cc
index d1a169f226fde285dc1dff8edffc5bac8fe14a3e..6f04713d368b1ebb1b10768cc52dc5145c352162 100644
--- a/src/QGCMapPalette.cc
+++ b/src/QGCMapPalette.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <QPalette>
 
 QColor QGCMapPalette::_thumbJoystick[QGCMapPalette::_cColorGroups] = { QColor(255,255,255,127), QColor(0,0,0,127) };
+QColor QGCMapPalette::_text         [QGCMapPalette::_cColorGroups] = { QColor(255,255,255),     QColor(0,0,0) };
 
 QGCMapPalette::QGCMapPalette(QObject* parent) :
     QObject(parent)
diff --git a/src/QGCMapPalette.h b/src/QGCMapPalette.h
index 80cb52acbffa38c5e89421fe44ff6b80398f3bbe..5708f918594b8a9ff9a6f5f9be06a9e2a4e7b021 100644
--- a/src/QGCMapPalette.h
+++ b/src/QGCMapPalette.h
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ class QGCMapPalette : public QObject
     Q_PROPERTY(bool lightColors READ lightColors WRITE setLightColors NOTIFY paletteChanged)
 
     // The colors are:
-    //      thumbJoystick - Thumb joystick indicator
+    //      text            - Text color
+    //      thumbJoystick   - Thumb joystick indicator
 
+    Q_PROPERTY(QColor text          READ text           NOTIFY paletteChanged)
     Q_PROPERTY(QColor thumbJoystick READ thumbJoystick NOTIFY paletteChanged)
 
 public:    
@@ -48,7 +50,8 @@ public:
     bool lightColors(void) const { return _lightColors; }
     void setLightColors(bool lightColors);
     
-    QColor thumbJoystick(void) const { return _thumbJoystick[_lightColors]; }
+    QColor text(void)           const { return _text[_lightColors]; }
+    QColor thumbJoystick(void)  const { return _thumbJoystick[_lightColors]; }
 
 signals:
     void paletteChanged(void);
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ private:
     static const int _cColorGroups = 2;
 
     static QColor _thumbJoystick[_cColorGroups];
+    static QColor _text[_cColorGroups];
 };
 
 #endif