diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 88f1bdbd..509a7f1e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 - Session/Command menu additionally with Shift/Control+RightMouse
 - Function keys adjusted for Linux console emulation.
 - rolled linux console font
+- schema for system colors added (hello Peter!)
 28 Oct 1998
 - tracking down licence issues
 - spent far to much time on explaining them
diff --git a/other/Makefile.am b/other/Makefile.am
index 79ad14f8..f6321a94 100644
--- a/other/Makefile.am
+++ b/other/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 datadir = $(kde_datadir)/konsole
 data_DATA = BlackOnLightYellow.schema BlackOnWhite.schema \
 	Example.Schema GreenOnBlack.schema WhiteOnBlack.schema \
-	default.Schema dselect.kdelnk linux.kdelnk mc.kdelnk shell.kdelnk
+	default.Schema dselect.kdelnk linux.kdelnk mc.kdelnk shell.kdelnk \
+  syscolor.schema
 
 appsdir = $(kde_appsdir)/Utilities
 apps_DATA = konsole.kdelnk
diff --git a/other/syscolor.schema b/other/syscolor.schema
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9a65eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/other/syscolor.schema
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# schema that uses system colors
+
+# the title is to appear in the menu.
+
+title System Colors
+
+# image none
+
+# foreground colors
+
+# note that the default background color is flagged
+# to become transparent when an image is present.
+
+#   slot    transparent bold
+#      |              | |
+#      V V--color--V  V V
+
+sysfg  0              0 0  # regular   foreground color (system)
+sysbg  1              1 0  # regular   background color (system)
+
+color  2   0   0   0  0 0  # regular   color 0 Black
+color  3 178  24  24  0 0  # regular   color 1 Red
+color  4  24 178  24  0 0  # regular   color 2 Green
+color  5 178 104  24  0 0  # regular   color 3 Yellow
+color  6  24  24 178  0 0  # regular   color 4 Blue
+color  7 178  24 178  0 0  # regular   color 5 Magenta
+color  8  24 178 178  0 0  # regular   color 6 Cyan
+color  9 178 178 178  0 0  # regular   color 7 White
+
+# intensive colors
+
+# instead of changing the colors, we've flaged the text to become bold
+
+color 10   0   0   0  0 1  # intensive foreground color
+color 11 255 255 255  1 0  # intensive background color
+
+color 12 104 104 104  0 0  # intensive color 0
+color 13 255  84  84  0 0  # intensive color 1
+color 14  84 255  84  0 0  # intensive color 2
+color 15 255 255  84  0 0  # intensive color 3
+color 16  84  84 255  0 0  # intensive color 4
+color 17 255  84 255  0 0  # intensive color 5
+color 18  84 255 255  0 0  # intensive color 6
+color 19 255 255 255  0 0  # intensive color 7
diff --git a/src/main.C b/src/main.C
index 13a68e74..5444e0e7 100644
--- a/src/main.C
+++ b/src/main.C
@@ -634,6 +634,28 @@ ColorSchema* TEDemo::readSchema(const char* path)
         res->table[fi].transparent = tr;
         res->table[fi].bold        = bo;
       }
+      if (!strncmp(line,"sysfg",5))
+      { int fi,tr,bo;
+        if(sscanf(line,"sysfg %d %d %d",&fi,&tr,&bo) != 3)
+          continue;
+        if (!(0 <= fi && fi <= TABLE_COLORS)) continue;
+        if (!(0 <= tr && tr <= 1           )) continue;
+        if (!(0 <= bo && bo <= 1           )) continue;
+        res->table[fi].color       = kapp->textColor;
+        res->table[fi].transparent = tr;
+        res->table[fi].bold        = bo;
+      }
+      if (!strncmp(line,"sysbg",5))
+      { int fi,tr,bo;
+        if(sscanf(line,"sysbg %d %d %d",&fi,&tr,&bo) != 3)
+          continue;
+        if (!(0 <= fi && fi <= TABLE_COLORS)) continue;
+        if (!(0 <= tr && tr <= 1           )) continue;
+        if (!(0 <= bo && bo <= 1           )) continue;
+        res->table[fi].color       = kapp->backgroundColor;
+        res->table[fi].transparent = tr;
+        res->table[fi].bold        = bo;
+      }
     }
   }
   fclose(sysin);