diff --git a/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c b/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c
index 3a70ef23..364d68c3 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static void get_colors(int flags, int *fg, int *bg)
 static void line_add_colors(TEXT_BUFFER_REC *buffer, LINE_REC **line,
 			    int fg, int bg, int flags)
 {
-	unsigned char data[12];
+	unsigned char data[20];
 	int color, pos;
 
 	/* color should never have last bit on or it would be treated as a
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ static void line_add_colors(TEXT_BUFFER_REC *buffer, LINE_REC **line,
 		data[pos++] = 0;
 		data[pos++] = LINE_CMD_UNDERLINE;
 	}
+	if ((flags & GUI_PRINT_FLAG_REVERSE) != (last_flags & GUI_PRINT_FLAG_REVERSE)) {
+		data[pos++] = 0;
+		data[pos++] = LINE_CMD_REVERSE;
+	}
 	if (fg & ATTR_COLOR8) {
 		data[pos++] = 0;
 		data[pos++] = LINE_CMD_COLOR8;
diff --git a/src/fe-text/screen.h b/src/fe-text/screen.h
index b00c7330..92dc94f4 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/screen.h
+++ b/src/fe-text/screen.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ typedef struct _SCREEN_WINDOW SCREEN_WINDOW;
 #define ATTR_COLOR8    0x200
 #define ATTR_REVERSE   0x400
 
+#define ATTR_NOCOLORS (ATTR_UNDERLINE|ATTR_REVERSE)
+
 /* XXX I hope this could be integrated into BX.
  * XXX Well, this should be done via libc,
  *     but FreeBSD libc support is quite LAME.
diff --git a/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c b/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c
index c7959774..1ae85fbf 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c
@@ -139,13 +139,16 @@ view_update_line_cache(TEXT_BUFFER_VIEW_REC *view, LINE_REC *line)
 
 			if ((cmd & 0x80) == 0) {
 				/* set color */
-				color = (color & ATTR_UNDERLINE) | cmd;
+				color = (color & ATTR_NOCOLORS) | cmd;
 			} else switch (cmd) {
 			case LINE_CMD_UNDERLINE:
 				color ^= ATTR_UNDERLINE;
 				break;
+			case LINE_CMD_REVERSE:
+				color ^= ATTR_REVERSE;
+				break;
 			case LINE_CMD_COLOR0:
-				color = color & ATTR_UNDERLINE;
+				color = color & ATTR_NOCOLORS;
 				break;
 			case LINE_CMD_COLOR8:
 				color &= 0xfff0;
@@ -277,7 +280,7 @@ static int view_line_draw(TEXT_BUFFER_VIEW_REC *view, LINE_REC *line,
 
 			if ((*text & 0x80) == 0) {
 				/* set color */
-				color = (color & ATTR_UNDERLINE) | *text;
+				color = (color & ATTR_NOCOLORS) | *text;
 			} else if (*text == LINE_CMD_CONTINUE) {
                                 /* jump to next block */
 				memcpy(&tmp, text+1, sizeof(unsigned char *));
@@ -287,8 +290,11 @@ static int view_line_draw(TEXT_BUFFER_VIEW_REC *view, LINE_REC *line,
 			case LINE_CMD_UNDERLINE:
 				color ^= ATTR_UNDERLINE;
 				break;
+			case LINE_CMD_REVERSE:
+				color ^= ATTR_REVERSE;
+				break;
 			case LINE_CMD_COLOR0:
-				color = color & ATTR_UNDERLINE;
+				color = color & ATTR_NOCOLORS;
 				break;
 			case LINE_CMD_COLOR8:
 				color &= 0xfff0;
diff --git a/src/fe-text/textbuffer.c b/src/fe-text/textbuffer.c
index 8b0c9469..1016905c 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/textbuffer.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/textbuffer.c
@@ -387,6 +387,9 @@ void textbuffer_line2text(LINE_REC *line, int coloring, GString *str)
 		case LINE_CMD_UNDERLINE:
 			g_string_append_c(str, 31);
 			break;
+		case LINE_CMD_REVERSE:
+			g_string_append_c(str, 22);
+			break;
 		case LINE_CMD_COLOR0:
 			g_string_sprintfa(str, "\004%c%c",
 					  '0', FORMAT_COLOR_NOCHANGE);
diff --git a/src/fe-text/textbuffer.h b/src/fe-text/textbuffer.h
index ddbfd72c..cc01667b 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/textbuffer.h
+++ b/src/fe-text/textbuffer.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ enum {
 	LINE_CMD_COLOR0,	/* change to black, would be same as \0\0 but it breaks things.. */
 	LINE_CMD_COLOR8,	/* change to dark grey, normally 8 = bold black */
 	LINE_CMD_UNDERLINE,	/* enable/disable underlining */
+	LINE_CMD_REVERSE,	/* enable/disable reversed text */
 	LINE_CMD_INDENT,	/* if line is split, indent it at this position */
 	LINE_CMD_BLINK,		/* blinking background */
 	LINE_CMD_FORMAT,	/* end of line, but next will come the format that was used to create the