diff --git a/core/img/logo-mail.gif b/core/img/logo-mail.gif
index 6a1caaa918..f1dd108450 100644
Binary files a/core/img/logo-mail.gif and b/core/img/logo-mail.gif differ
diff --git a/core/templates/mail.php b/core/templates/mail.php
index b8b0a2bfe9..854240a976 100644
--- a/core/templates/mail.php
+++ b/core/templates/mail.php
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 <tr><td>
 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="600px">
 <tr>
-<td bgcolor="#1d2d44" width="20px">&nbsp;</td>
-<td bgcolor="#1d2d44">
+<td bgcolor="<?php print_unescaped($theme->getMailHeaderColor());?>" width="20px">&nbsp;</td>
+<td bgcolor="<?php print_unescaped($theme->getMailHeaderColor());?>">
 <img src="<?php print_unescaped(OC_Helper::makeURLAbsolute(image_path('', 'logo-mail.gif'))); ?>" alt="<?php p($theme->getName()); ?>"/>
 </td>
 </tr>
-<tr><td bgcolor="#f8f8f8" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
 <tr>
-<td bgcolor="#f8f8f8" width="20px">&nbsp;</td>
-<td bgcolor="#f8f8f8" style="font-weight:normal; font-size:0.8em; line-height:1.2em; font-family:verdana,'arial',sans;">
+<td width="20px">&nbsp;</td>
+<td style="font-weight:normal; font-size:0.8em; line-height:1.2em; font-family:verdana,'arial',sans;">
 <?php
 print_unescaped($l->t('Hey there,<br><br>just letting you know that %s shared <strong>%s</strong> with you.<br><a href="%s">View it!</a><br><br>', array($_['user_displayname'], $_['filename'], $_['link'])));
 if ( isset($_['expiration']) ) {
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ p($l->t('Cheers!'));
 ?>
 </td>
 </tr>
-<tr><td bgcolor="#f8f8f8" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr>
 <tr>
-<td bgcolor="#f8f8f8" width="20px">&nbsp;</td>
-<td bgcolor="#f8f8f8" style="font-weight:normal; font-size:0.8em; line-height:1.2em; font-family:verdana,'arial',sans;">--<br>
+<td width="20px">&nbsp;</td>
+<td style="font-weight:normal; font-size:0.8em; line-height:1.2em; font-family:verdana,'arial',sans;">--<br>
 <?php p($theme->getName()); ?> -
 <?php p($theme->getSlogan()); ?>
 <br><a href="<?php print_unescaped($theme->getBaseUrl()); ?>"><?php print_unescaped($theme->getBaseUrl());?></a>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
-<td bgcolor="#f8f8f8" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
+<td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 </td></tr>
diff --git a/lib/private/defaults.php b/lib/private/defaults.php
index 59630cda5c..79be211b82 100644
--- a/lib/private/defaults.php
+++ b/lib/private/defaults.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class OC_Defaults {
 	private $defaultDocBaseUrl;
 	private $defaultSlogan;
 	private $defaultLogoClaim;
+	private $defaultMailHeaderColor;
 
 	function __construct() {
 		$this->l = OC_L10N::get('core');
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ class OC_Defaults {
 		$this->defaultDocBaseUrl = "http://doc.owncloud.org";
 		$this->defaultSlogan = $this->l->t("web services under your control");
 		$this->defaultLogoClaim = "";
+		$this->defaultMailHeaderColor = "#1d2d44"; /* header color of mail notifications */
 
 		if (class_exists("OC_Theme")) {
 			$this->theme = new OC_Theme();
@@ -181,4 +183,16 @@ class OC_Defaults {
 		return $this->getDocBaseUrl() . '/server/6.0/go.php?to=' . $key;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns mail header color
+	 * @return mail header color
+	 */
+	public function getMailHeaderColor() {
+		if ($this->themeExist('getMailHeaderColor')) {
+			return $this->theme->getMailHeaderColor();
+		} else {
+			return $this->defaultMailHeaderColor;
+		}
+	}
+
 }