diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 68451a0ea6..ef8819ec15 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ Major new features in 2.8 release
   wxDirPickerCtrl, wxFilePickerCtrl, wxFontPickerCtrl, wxCollapsiblePane,
   wxSearchCtrl, wxAboutBox, wxTreebook, tar streams.
 
+
+2.8.7
+-----
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Added gtk.window.force-background-colour wxSystemOptions option to work around
+  a background colour bug in the gtk-qt theme under KDE.
+
+
 2.8.6
 -----
 
diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/sysopt.tex b/docs/latex/wx/sysopt.tex
index d514a633fe..62e68454de 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/sysopt.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/sysopt.tex
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ quality, e.g. the Terminal font in small sizes is not and this option may be
 used if wider fonts selection is more important than higher quality.}
 \end{twocollist}
 
+\wxheading{GTK+}
+
+\twocolwidtha{7cm}
+\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
+\twocolitem{{\bf Option}}{{\bf Value}}
+\twocolitem{gtk.window.force-background-colour}{If 1, the backgrounds of windows with the wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR background style are cleared forcibly instead
+of relying on the underlying GTK+ window colour. This works around a display problem when running applications under KDE with the gtk-qt theme installed (0.6 and below).}
+\end{twocollist}
+
 \wxheading{Mac}
 
 \twocolwidtha{7cm}