diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 81aa9941..a810e482 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ require("tokyonight").setup({
   sidebars = { "qf", "help" }, -- Set a darker background on sidebar-like windows. For example: `["qf", "vista_kind", "terminal", "packer"]`                                                      |
   day_brightness = 0.3, -- Adjusts the brightness of the colors of the **Day** style. Number between 0 and 1, from dull to vibrant colors                                                  |
   hide_inactive_statusline = false, -- Enabling this option, will hide inactive statuslines and replace them with a thin border instead. Should work with the standard **StatusLine** and **LuaLine**. |
+  dim_inactive = false, -- dims inactive windows
   lualine_bold = false, -- When `true`, section headers in the lualine theme will be bold                                                                                                  |
 
   --- You can override specific color groups to use other groups or a hex color                                                                                       |
diff --git a/lua/tokyonight/config.lua b/lua/tokyonight/config.lua
index 68a9700f..3c6a14f5 100644
--- a/lua/tokyonight/config.lua
+++ b/lua/tokyonight/config.lua
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ local defaults = {
   sidebars = { "qf", "help" }, -- Set a darker background on sidebar-like windows. For example: `["qf", "vista_kind", "terminal", "packer"]`                                                      |
   day_brightness = 0.3, -- Adjusts the brightness of the colors of the **Day** style. Number between 0 and 1, from dull to vibrant colors                                                  |
   hide_inactive_statusline = false, -- Enabling this option, will hide inactive statuslines and replace them with a thin border instead. Should work with the standard **StatusLine** and **LuaLine**. |
+  dim_inactive = true, -- dims inactive windows
   lualine_bold = false, -- When `true`, section headers in the lualine theme will be bold                                                                                                  |
 
   --- You can override specific color groups to use other groups or a hex color                                                                                       |
diff --git a/lua/tokyonight/theme.lua b/lua/tokyonight/theme.lua
index b08bb836..bb7ebec7 100644
--- a/lua/tokyonight/theme.lua
+++ b/lua/tokyonight/theme.lua
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function M.setup()
     MoreMsg = { fg = c.blue }, -- |more-prompt|
     NonText = { fg = c.dark3 }, -- '@' at the end of the window, characters from 'showbreak' and other characters that do not really exist in the text (e.g., ">" displayed when a double-wide character doesn't fit at the end of the line). See also |hl-EndOfBuffer|.
     Normal = { fg = c.fg, bg = config.transparent and c.none or c.bg }, -- normal text
-    NormalNC = { fg = c.fg, bg = config.transparent and c.none or c.bg }, -- normal text in non-current windows
+    NormalNC = { fg = c.fg, bg = config.transparent and c.none or config.dim_inactive and c.bg_dark or c.bg }, -- normal text in non-current windows
     NormalSB = { fg = c.fg_sidebar, bg = c.bg_sidebar }, -- normal text in sidebar
     NormalFloat = { fg = c.fg, bg = c.bg_float }, -- Normal text in floating windows.
     FloatBorder = { fg = c.border_highlight, bg = c.bg_float },