diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/clearlooks.rc.in b/gtk2_ardour/clearlooks.rc.in
index 0d0e7a51ea..13ff89a6e9 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/clearlooks.rc.in
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/clearlooks.rc.in
@@ -413,10 +413,10 @@ style "base_frame"
 	bg[NORMAL] = @background
 }
 
-style "highlight_frame"
+style "text_highlight_frame"
 {
-	fg[NORMAL] = @foreground
-	bg[NORMAL] = @foreground
+	fg[NORMAL] = @texts
+	bg[NORMAL] = @texts
 }
 
 style "transport_frame"
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ widget "*zoomrange clock" style:highest "medium_text"
 widget "*timecodeoffset clock" style:highest "medium_text"
 
 widget "*BaseFrame" style:highest "base_frame"
-widget "*HighlightFrame" style:highest "highlight_frame"
+widget "*TextHighlightFrame" style:highest "text_highlight_frame"
 widget "*TransportFrame" style:highest "transport_frame"
 widget "*TransportFrame*" style:highest  "transport_frame"
 widget "*EditorWindow*" style:highest  "editor_window"
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/session_dialog.cc b/gtk2_ardour/session_dialog.cc
index 79916b5407..2e216f0847 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/session_dialog.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/session_dialog.cc
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ SessionDialog::setup_new_session_page ()
 	template_desc.set_name (X_("TextOnBackground"));
 	template_desc.set_border_width (6);
 
-	template_desc_frame.set_name (X_("HighlightFrame"));
+	template_desc_frame.set_name (X_("TextHighlightFrame"));
 	template_desc_frame.add (template_desc);
 
 	//template_chooser is the treeview showing available templates