diff --git a/prettyqt/gui/brush.py b/prettyqt/gui/brush.py
index e60a19c1d..24b1dc8c3 100644
--- a/prettyqt/gui/brush.py
+++ b/prettyqt/gui/brush.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from prettyqt import constants, core, gui
 from prettyqt.qt import QtGui
+from prettyqt.utils import InvalidParamError
 
 
 class Brush(QtGui.QBrush):
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ def get_color(self) -> gui.Color:
     def get_style(self) -> constants.BrushStyleStr:
         return constants.BRUSH_STYLE.inverse[self.style()]
 
+    def set_style(self, style: constants.BrushStyleStr):
+        if style not in constants.BRUSH_STYLE:
+            raise InvalidParamError(style, constants.BRUSH_STYLE)
+        self.setStyle(constants.BRUSH_STYLE[style])
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     b = Brush()
diff --git a/tests/test_gui.py b/tests/test_gui.py
index f156404af..a1b0b3ccd 100644
--- a/tests/test_gui.py
+++ b/tests/test_gui.py
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ def test_repr(name, cls, qapp):
 def test_brush():
     brush = gui.Brush()
     bytes(brush)
+    brush.set_style("cross")
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidParamError):
+        brush.set_style("test")
+    assert brush.get_style() == "cross"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "darwin", reason="Somehow fails on OSX")