diff --git a/THEMES.md b/THEMES.md
index 9b1331628..5818b9378 100644
--- a/THEMES.md
+++ b/THEMES.md
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Display tags define some "meta" display attributes about your theme. Display tag
 
 `<listSelectorColor>` - the hex color to use for the "selector bar" on the GuiGameList. Default is `000000FF`.
 
-`<listSelectedColor>` - the hex color to use for selected text on the GuiGameList. Default is the value of `<listPrimaryColor>`.
+`<listSelectedColor>` - the hex color to use for selected text on the GuiGameList. Default is zero, which means no change.
 
 `<listLeftAlign />` - if present, the games list names will be left aligned to the value of `<listOffsetX>` (default 0.5).
 
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index af1b68104..1fd3e0b2c 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+January 8, 2012
+-Made a value of zero for "list selected color" mean no change.
+
 January 6, 2012
 -Added <basicTheme> tag support.
 
diff --git a/src/components/GuiList.cpp b/src/components/GuiList.cpp
index 532c9497d..b291c9cf2 100644
--- a/src/components/GuiList.cpp
+++ b/src/components/GuiList.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ GuiList<listType>::GuiList(int offsetX, int offsetY, Font* font)
 
 	mFont = font;
 	mSelectorColor = 0x000000FF;
-	mSelectedTextColorOverride = 0x0000FFFF;
+	mSelectedTextColorOverride = 0;
 	mScrollSound = NULL;
 	mDrawCentered = true;
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void GuiList<listType>::onRender()
 		ListRow row = mRowVector.at((unsigned int)i);
 
 		if(mDrawCentered)
-			Renderer::drawCenteredText(row.name, getOffsetX(), y, (mSelection == i) ? mSelectedTextColorOverride : row.color, mFont);
+			Renderer::drawCenteredText(row.name, getOffsetX(), y, (mSelection == i && mSelectedTextColorOverride != 0) ? mSelectedTextColorOverride : row.color, mFont);
 		else
 			Renderer::drawText(row.name, getOffsetX() + mTextOffsetX, y, (mSelection == i) ? mSelectedTextColorOverride : row.color, mFont);
 
diff --git a/src/components/GuiTheme.cpp b/src/components/GuiTheme.cpp
index 09fea9be5..0e9a6b100 100644
--- a/src/components/GuiTheme.cpp
+++ b/src/components/GuiTheme.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void GuiTheme::setDefaults()
 	mColorMap["primary"] = 0x0000FFFF;
 	mColorMap["secondary"] = 0x00FF00FF;
 	mColorMap["selector"] = 0x000000FF;
-	mColorMap["selected"] = 0xFF0000FF;
+	mColorMap["selected"] = 0x00000000;
 	mColorMap["description"] = 0x0000FFFF;
 	mColorMap["fastSelect"] = 0xFF0000FF;
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void GuiTheme::readXML(std::string path)
 	mColorMap["primary"] = resolveColor(root.child("listPrimaryColor").text().get(), mColorMap["primary"]);
 	mColorMap["secondary"] = resolveColor(root.child("listSecondaryColor").text().get(), mColorMap["secondary"]);
 	mColorMap["selector"] = resolveColor(root.child("listSelectorColor").text().get(), mColorMap["selector"]);
-	mColorMap["selected"] = resolveColor(root.child("listSelectedColor").text().get(), mColorMap["primary"]);
+	mColorMap["selected"] = resolveColor(root.child("listSelectedColor").text().get(), mColorMap["selected"]);
 	mColorMap["description"] = resolveColor(root.child("descColor").text().get(), mColorMap["description"]);
 	mColorMap["fastSelect"] = resolveColor(root.child("fastSelectColor").text().get(), mColorMap["fastSelect"]);