diff --git a/Core/Source/DTCSSStylesheet.m b/Core/Source/DTCSSStylesheet.m
index f7ecd03d0..7a0fa91a8 100644
--- a/Core/Source/DTCSSStylesheet.m
+++ b/Core/Source/DTCSSStylesheet.m
@@ -410,6 +410,24 @@ - (void)_uncompressShorthands:(NSMutableDictionary *)styles
 		// remove the shorthand
 		[styles removeObjectForKey:@"padding"];
 	}
+
+	shortHand = [styles objectForKey:@"background"];
+
+	if (shortHand)
+	{
+		[styles removeObjectForKey:@"background"];
+		NSString *trimmedString = [shortHand stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];
+		NSScanner *scanner = [NSScanner scannerWithString:trimmedString];
+		NSCharacterSet *tokenEndSet = [NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet];
+		while (![scanner isAtEnd]) {
+			NSString *colorName;
+			if ([scanner scanHTMLColor:NULL HTMLName:&colorName]) {
+				[styles setObject:colorName forKey:@"background-color"];
+				break;
+			}
+			[scanner scanUpToCharactersFromSet:tokenEndSet intoString:NULL];
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 - (void)_addStyleRule:(NSString *)rule withSelector:(NSString*)selectors
diff --git a/Core/Source/NSScanner+HTML.h b/Core/Source/NSScanner+HTML.h
index 6c3c78c2f..10ae8c3f3 100644
--- a/Core/Source/NSScanner+HTML.h
+++ b/Core/Source/NSScanner+HTML.h
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@
  */
 - (BOOL)scanHTMLColor:(DTColor **)color;
 
+/**
+ Scans for a typical HTML color, typically either #FFFFFF, rgb(255,255,255) or a HTML color name.
+ @param color An optional output parameter that will contain the scanned color if successful
+ @param name An optional output parameter that will contain the HTML color string
+ @returns `YES` if a color could be scanned
+ */
+- (BOOL)scanHTMLColor:(DTColor **)color HTMLName:(NSString **)name;
 
 @end
 
diff --git a/Core/Source/NSScanner+HTML.m b/Core/Source/NSScanner+HTML.m
index e76c46bda..d5c1aae4f 100644
--- a/Core/Source/NSScanner+HTML.m
+++ b/Core/Source/NSScanner+HTML.m
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ - (BOOL)scanCSSURL:(NSString **)urlString
 }
 
 - (BOOL)scanHTMLColor:(DTColor **)color
+{
+	return [self scanHTMLColor:color HTMLName:NULL];
+}
+
+- (BOOL)scanHTMLColor:(DTColor **)color HTMLName:(NSString **)name
 {
 	NSUInteger indexBefore = [self scanLocation];
 	
@@ -262,12 +267,16 @@ - (BOOL)scanHTMLColor:(DTColor **)color
 		self.scanLocation = indexBefore;
 		return NO;
 	}
-	
+
 	if (color)
 	{
 		*color = foundColor;
 	}
-	
+
+	if (name) {
+		*name = colorName;
+	}
+
 	return YES;
 }
 
diff --git a/Test/Source/DTCSSStylesheetTest.m b/Test/Source/DTCSSStylesheetTest.m
index 1042f4ebe..626cac3a4 100644
--- a/Test/Source/DTCSSStylesheetTest.m
+++ b/Test/Source/DTCSSStylesheetTest.m
@@ -495,4 +495,16 @@ - (void)testUncompressPaddingShorthandFour
 	STAssertTrue([paddingRight isEqualToString:@"20px"], @"margin-right should be 20px");
 }
 
+- (void)testUncompressBackgroundShorthand
+{
+	DTCSSStylesheet *stylesheet = [DTCSSStylesheet defaultStyleSheet];
+	NSMutableDictionary *styles = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
+
+	[styles setObject:@"url(\"topbanner.png\") #00D repeat-y fixed" forKey:@"background"];
+	[stylesheet _uncompressShorthands:styles];
+
+	NSString *backgroundColor = [styles objectForKey:@"background-color"];
+	STAssertTrue([backgroundColor isEqualToString:@"#00D"], @"background-color should be #00D");
+}
+
 @end