diff --git a/highlight.cpp b/highlight.cpp
index a988ad9fe..74ea4bac8 100644
--- a/highlight.cpp
+++ b/highlight.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ static const wchar_t * const highlight_var[] =
     L"fish_color_escape",
     L"fish_color_quote",
     L"fish_color_redirection",
-    L"fish_color_autosuggestion"
+    L"fish_color_autosuggestion",
+    L"fish_color_selection"
 };
 
 /* If the given path looks like it's relative to the working directory, then prepend that working directory. */
@@ -366,6 +367,8 @@ rgb_color_t highlight_get_color(highlight_spec_t highlight, bool is_background)
 
 //  debug( 1, L"%d -> %d -> %ls", highlight, idx, val );
 
+
+
     if (val_wstr.missing())
         val_wstr = env_get_string(highlight_var[0]);
 
@@ -389,6 +392,7 @@ rgb_color_t highlight_get_color(highlight_spec_t highlight, bool is_background)
                 result.set_underline(true);
         }
     }
+
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish b/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish
index b9afedd4a..a05d7985b 100644
--- a/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish
+++ b/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ function __fish_config_interactive -d "Initializations that should be performed
 		# Background color for search matches
 		set_default fish_color_search_match --background=purple
 
+		# Background color for selections
+		set_default fish_color_selection --background=purple
+
 		# Pager colors
 		set_default fish_pager_color_prefix cyan
 		set_default fish_pager_color_completion normal