diff --git a/src/html/htmltag.cpp b/src/html/htmltag.cpp
index fdc71fe171..7bf1fa8d2e 100644
--- a/src/html/htmltag.cpp
+++ b/src/html/htmltag.cpp
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ wxHtmlTag::wxHtmlTag(wxHtmlTag *parent,
         { "width",              "WIDTH"         },
         { "vertical-align",     "VALIGN"        },
         { "background",         "BGCOLOR"       },
+        { "background-color",   "BGCOLOR"       },
     };
 
     wxHtmlStyleParams styleParams(*this);