diff --git a/Sources/SwiftTerm/Apple/AppleTerminalView.swift b/Sources/SwiftTerm/Apple/AppleTerminalView.swift
index 2b509353b..177ba4a16 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftTerm/Apple/AppleTerminalView.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftTerm/Apple/AppleTerminalView.swift
@@ -645,6 +645,9 @@ extension TerminalView {
             if isSelected {
                 var mutable = attributes
                 mutable[.selectionBackgroundColor] = selectedTextBackgroundColor
+                if let selectedTextForegroundColor {
+                    mutable[.foregroundColor] = selectedTextForegroundColor
+                }
                 currentAttributes = mutable
             } else {
                 currentAttributes = attributes
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftTerm/Mac/MacTerminalView.swift b/Sources/SwiftTerm/Mac/MacTerminalView.swift
index 2ce2504c4..4cf92533a 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftTerm/Mac/MacTerminalView.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftTerm/Mac/MacTerminalView.swift
@@ -476,6 +476,19 @@ open class TerminalView: NSView, NSTextInputClient, NSUserInterfaceValidations,
         }
     }
 
+    var _selectedTextForegroundColor: NSColor? = nil
+    /// The color used to render the text of the selection. When `nil` (the default),
+    /// selected text keeps its original foreground color and only the selection
+    /// background is drawn.
+    public var selectedTextForegroundColor: NSColor? {
+        get {
+            return _selectedTextForegroundColor
+        }
+        set {
+            _selectedTextForegroundColor = newValue
+        }
+    }
+
     func backingScaleFactor () -> CGFloat
     {
         window?.backingScaleFactor ?? NSScreen.main?.backingScaleFactor ?? 1
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftTerm/iOS/iOSTerminalView.swift b/Sources/SwiftTerm/iOS/iOSTerminalView.swift
index de10761af..dbf2edf95 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftTerm/iOS/iOSTerminalView.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftTerm/iOS/iOSTerminalView.swift
@@ -1258,6 +1258,19 @@ open class TerminalView: UIScrollView, UITextInputTraits, UIKeyInput, UIScrollVi
             _selectedTextBackgroundColor = newValue
         }
     }
+
+    var _selectedTextForegroundColor: UIColor? = nil
+    /// The color used to render the text of the selection. When `nil` (the default),
+    /// selected text keeps its original foreground color and only the selection
+    /// background is drawn.
+    public var selectedTextForegroundColor: UIColor? {
+        get {
+            return _selectedTextForegroundColor
+        }
+        set {
+            _selectedTextForegroundColor = newValue
+        }
+    }
     
     var _selectionHandleColor: UIColor = UIColor.systemBlue
     /// The color used to render the selection handles