diff --git a/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java b/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
index f10a9d9d4..950cd4370 100644
--- a/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
+++ b/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
@@ -741,6 +741,9 @@ public class SDLActivity extends Activity {
                 }
             }
             button.setText(buttonTexts[i]);
+            if (textColor != Color.TRANSPARENT) {
+                button.setTextColor(textColor);
+            }
             if (buttonBorderColor != Color.TRANSPARENT) {
                 // TODO set color for border of messagebox button
             }