diff --git a/src/document/document.h b/src/document/document.h
index 44e61f56..9e60fd41 100644
--- a/src/document/document.h
+++ b/src/document/document.h
@@ -208,7 +208,10 @@ struct document {
 	int width, height; /**< size of document */
 	int nlinks;
 	int nsearch;
-	color_T bgcolor;
+
+	struct {
+		color_T background;
+	} color;
 
 	enum cp_status cp_status;
 	unsigned int links_sorted:1; /**< whether links are already sorted */
diff --git a/src/document/dom/renderer.c b/src/document/dom/renderer.c
index 656b3eab..033ca571 100644
--- a/src/document/dom/renderer.c
+++ b/src/document/dom/renderer.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ render_dom_document(struct cache_entry *cached, struct document *document,
 
 	init_dom_renderer(&renderer, document, buffer, convert_table);
 
-	document->bgcolor = document->options.default_style.color.background;
+	document->color.background = document->options.default_style.color.background;
 #ifdef CONFIG_UTF8
 	document->options.utf8 = is_cp_utf8(document->options.cp);
 #endif /* CONFIG_UTF8 */
diff --git a/src/document/html/renderer.c b/src/document/html/renderer.c
index 3466a82a..acf8305b 100644
--- a/src/document/html/renderer.c
+++ b/src/document/html/renderer.c
@@ -2278,7 +2278,7 @@ render_html_document(struct cache_entry *cached, struct document *document,
 				 >= document->options.width));
 #endif
 
-	document->bgcolor = par_format.bgcolor;
+	document->color.background = par_format.bgcolor;
 
 	done_html_parser(html_context);
 
diff --git a/src/document/plain/renderer.c b/src/document/plain/renderer.c
index 9d2af09b..98c0f26e 100644
--- a/src/document/plain/renderer.c
+++ b/src/document/plain/renderer.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ render_plain_document(struct cache_entry *cached, struct document *document,
 	renderer.max_width = document->options.wrap ? document->options.box.width
 						    : INT_MAX;
 
-	document->bgcolor = document->options.default_style.color.background;
+	document->color.background = document->options.default_style.color.background;
 	document->width = 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_UTF8
 	document->options.utf8 = is_cp_utf8(document->options.cp);
diff --git a/src/viewer/text/draw.c b/src/viewer/text/draw.c
index e0676ded..19191cd6 100644
--- a/src/viewer/text/draw.c
+++ b/src/viewer/text/draw.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ draw_doc(struct session *ses, struct document_view *doc_view, int active)
 
 	color.foreground = get_opt_color("document.colors.text", ses);
 	color.background = doc_view->document->height
-			 ? doc_view->document->bgcolor
+			 ? doc_view->document->color.background
 			 : get_opt_color("document.colors.background", ses);
 
 	vs = doc_view->vs;