--- a/browser/themes/gnomestripe/browser/browser.css
+++ b/browser/themes/gnomestripe/browser/browser.css
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@
 }
 
 #navigator-toolbox[inFullscreen="true"],
 #navigator-toolbox[inFullscreen="true"] > #nav-bar {
   border-top: none;
   padding-top: 0;
 }
 
-#browser-bottombox:not([lwthemefooter="true"]) {
+#browser-bottombox {
   /* opaque for layers optimization */
   background-color: -moz-Dialog;
 }
 
 #urlbar:-moz-lwtheme:not([focused="true"]),
 .searchbar-textbox:-moz-lwtheme:not([focused="true"]),
 .tabbrowser-tab:-moz-lwtheme:not([selected="true"]) {
   opacity: .85;

--- a/toolkit/content/LightweightThemeConsumer.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/content/LightweightThemeConsumer.jsm
@@ -84,16 +84,17 @@ LightweightThemeConsumer.prototype = {
       root.style.backgroundColor = "";
       root.removeAttribute("lwthemetextcolor");
       root.removeAttribute("lwtheme");
     }
 
     _setImage(root, active, aData.headerURL);
     if (this._footerId) {
       let footer = this._doc.getElementById(this._footerId);
+      footer.style.backgroundColor = active ? aData.accentcolor || "white" : "";
       _setImage(footer, active, aData.footerURL);
       if (active && aData.footerURL)
         footer.setAttribute("lwthemefooter", "true");
       else
         footer.removeAttribute("lwthemefooter");
     }
 
 #ifdef XP_MACOSX