diff --git a/clib/style.c b/clib/style.c
index 0e32e51..49b15b6 100644
--- a/clib/style.c
+++ b/clib/style.c
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 
 void style_set(const gchar *font, gint x, gint y, gint off_x, gint off_y,
                gint width, gint height, gdouble r, gdouble g, gdouble b,
-               gdouble a) {
+               gdouble a, const gchar *bg, const gchar *border,
+               gdouble border_width) {
     if (font) {
         pango_font_description_free(lualock.style.font_desc);
         lualock.style.font_desc = pango_font_description_from_string(font);
@@ -41,6 +42,18 @@ void style_set(const gchar *font, gint x, gint y, gint off_x, gint off_y,
     lualock.style.b = b;
     lualock.style.a = a;
     
+    GdkRGBA bg_color, border_color;
+    
+    gdk_rgba_parse(&bg_color, bg ? bg : "white");
+    
+    lualock.style.bg_color = bg_color;
+    
+    gdk_rgba_parse(&border_color, border ? border : "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)");
+    
+    lualock.style.border_color = border_color;
+    
+    lualock.style.border_width = border_width;
+    
     cairo_surface_t *old_pw_surface = lualock.pw_surface;
     lualock.pw_surface = create_surface(width, height);
     cairo_surface_destroy(old_pw_surface);
@@ -58,6 +71,9 @@ int lualock_lua_style_set(lua_State *L) {
     lua_getfield(L, 1, "off_y");
     lua_getfield(L, 1, "width");
     lua_getfield(L, 1, "height");
+    lua_getfield(L, 1, "bg_color");
+    lua_getfield(L, 1, "border_color");
+    lua_getfield(L, 1, "border_width");
     
     style_set(luaL_optstring(L, 2, DEFAULT_FONT),
               luaL_optnumber(L, 3, lualock.style.x),
@@ -66,7 +82,10 @@ int lualock_lua_style_set(lua_State *L) {
               luaL_optnumber(L, 6, lualock.style.off_y),
               luaL_optnumber(L, 7, lualock.style.width),
               luaL_optnumber(L, 8, lualock.style.height),
-              r, g, b, a);
+              r, g, b, a,
+              lua_tostring(L, 9),
+              lua_tostring(L, 10),
+              luaL_optnumber(L, 11, lualock.style.border_width));
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/config/rc.lua b/config/rc.lua
index 45acbd5..49bdaa4 100644
--- a/config/rc.lua
+++ b/config/rc.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ local oocairo = require "oocairo"
 
 -- {{{ lualock settings
 style{ color = "#333333", font = "Sans 12", x = 500, y = 400, off_x = 5,
-        off_y = 6, width = 150, height = 24 }
+       off_y = 6, width = 150, height = 24, bg_color = 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)',
+       border_color = 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)', border_width = 2 }
 
 prefs{ timeout = 10 * 60 }
 -- }}}
diff --git a/drawing.c b/drawing.c
index 8804298..7102216 100644
--- a/drawing.c
+++ b/drawing.c
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ void draw_password_field(cairo_t *cr) {
     cairo_rectangle(cr, 0, 0, lualock.style.width,
                     lualock.style.height);
     cairo_clip_preserve(cr);
-    cairo_set_source_rgb(cr, 1, 1, 1);
+    gdk_cairo_set_source_rgba(cr, &lualock.style.bg_color);
     cairo_fill_preserve(cr);
-    cairo_set_source_rgba(cr, 0, 0, 0, .6);
-    cairo_set_line_width(cr, 2.0);
+    gdk_cairo_set_source_rgba(cr, &lualock.style.border_color);
+    cairo_set_line_width(cr, lualock.style.border_width);
     cairo_stroke(cr);
 }
 
diff --git a/lualock.c b/lualock.c
index d90c15b..941f7f5 100644
--- a/lualock.c
+++ b/lualock.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static void init_style(void) {
     lualock.style.g = 0;
     lualock.style.b = 0;
     lualock.style.a = 1;
+    lualock.style.border_width = 2;
 }
 
 static void init_cairo(void) {
diff --git a/lualock.h b/lualock.h
index c6aea89..11fe1af 100644
--- a/lualock.h
+++ b/lualock.h
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ typedef struct {
     gdouble g;
     gdouble b;
     gdouble a;
+    
+    GdkRGBA bg_color;
+    GdkRGBA border_color;
+    gdouble border_width;
 } style_t;
 
 typedef struct {