diff --git a/include/wx/gtk/dvrenderers.h b/include/wx/gtk/dvrenderers.h
index 9d4091d90f..e81a5b5a63 100644
--- a/include/wx/gtk/dvrenderers.h
+++ b/include/wx/gtk/dvrenderers.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ protected:
 
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_ADV wxDataViewIconTextRenderer: public wxDataViewTextRenderer
 {
+    typedef wxDataViewTextRenderer BaseType;
 public:
     static wxString GetDefaultType() { return wxS("wxDataViewIconText"); }
 
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ public:
     virtual void GtkPackIntoColumn(GtkTreeViewColumn *column) wxOVERRIDE;
 
 protected:
+    virtual void SetAttr(const wxDataViewItemAttr& attr) wxOVERRIDE;
     virtual wxVariant GtkGetValueFromString(const wxString& str) const wxOVERRIDE;
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/gtk/dataview.cpp b/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
index cb80d76648..8508292421 100644
--- a/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
@@ -3136,6 +3136,26 @@ bool wxDataViewIconTextRenderer::GetValue(wxVariant& value) const
     return true;
 }
 
+void wxDataViewIconTextRenderer::SetAttr(const wxDataViewItemAttr& attr)
+{
+    BaseType::SetAttr(attr);
+
+    if (attr.HasBackgroundColour())
+    {
+#ifdef __WXGTK3__
+        const GdkRGBA* rbga = attr.GetBackgroundColour();
+        g_object_set(G_OBJECT(m_rendererIcon), "cell-background-rgba", rbga, NULL);
+#else
+        const GdkColor* color = attr.GetBackgroundColour().GetColor();
+        g_object_set(G_OBJECT(m_rendererIcon), "cell-background-gdk", color, NULL);
+#endif
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        g_object_set(G_OBJECT(m_rendererIcon), "cell-background-set", false, NULL);
+    }
+}
+
 wxVariant
 wxDataViewIconTextRenderer::GtkGetValueFromString(const wxString& str) const
 {