diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 15356aca938cd9a7bb2cdef09d8e7a19da36db90..f6c8b417c652f67c0b0d12f9492502aa88e97c46 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3322,6 +3322,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
 			            might break your system.
 
+	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
+			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
+			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
+
 	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
 			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
 			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
@@ -3361,6 +3365,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
 			cursors, 1 will display them.
 
+	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
+			Default: 2 = green.
+
+	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
+			Default: 3 = cyan.
+
 	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
 			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
 			or other driver-specific files in the
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 02af6ccefe6aca0299efcd86a886303c28e6057e..9a8e8c5a0c73a93420fc71b85637db4d510ae241 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -2809,8 +2809,10 @@ static void con_shutdown(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	console_unlock();
 }
 
+static int default_color           = 7; /* white */
 static int default_italic_color    = 2; // green (ASCII)
 static int default_underline_color = 3; // cyan (ASCII)
+module_param_named(color, default_color, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 module_param_named(italic, default_italic_color, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 module_param_named(underline, default_underline_color, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 
@@ -2832,7 +2834,7 @@ static void vc_init(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int rows,
 		vc->vc_palette[k++] = default_grn[j] ;
 		vc->vc_palette[k++] = default_blu[j] ;
 	}
-	vc->vc_def_color       = 0x07;   /* white */
+	vc->vc_def_color       = default_color;
 	vc->vc_ulcolor         = default_underline_color;
 	vc->vc_itcolor         = default_italic_color;
 	vc->vc_halfcolor       = 0x08;   /* grey */