diff --git a/content/browser/android/content_view_core_impl.cc b/content/browser/android/content_view_core_impl.cc
index 7aa79eefc5427..650285d2fb8d1 100644
--- a/content/browser/android/content_view_core_impl.cc
+++ b/content/browser/android/content_view_core_impl.cc
@@ -1332,6 +1332,11 @@ jint ContentViewCoreImpl::GetCurrentRenderProcessId(JNIEnv* env, jobject obj) {
       web_contents_->GetRenderViewHost());
 }
 
+void ContentViewCoreImpl::SetBackgroundColor(JNIEnv* env, jobject jobj,
+    jint color) {
+    root_layer_->SetBackgroundColor(color);
+}
+
 void ContentViewCoreImpl::SetBackgroundOpaque(JNIEnv* env, jobject jobj,
     jboolean opaque) {
   if (GetRenderWidgetHostViewAndroid()) {
diff --git a/content/public/android/java/src/org/chromium/content/browser/ContentViewCore.java b/content/public/android/java/src/org/chromium/content/browser/ContentViewCore.java
index 7b1e4115832a5..f9b447c86ba02 100644
--- a/content/public/android/java/src/org/chromium/content/browser/ContentViewCore.java
+++ b/content/public/android/java/src/org/chromium/content/browser/ContentViewCore.java
@@ -3256,6 +3256,12 @@ public void setSmartClipDataListener(SmartClipDataListener listener) {
         mSmartClipDataListener = listener;
     }
 
+    public void setBackgroundColor(int color) {
+        if (mNativeContentViewCore != 0) {
+            nativeSetBackgroundColor(mNativeContentViewCore, color);
+        }
+    }
+
     public void setBackgroundOpaque(boolean opaque) {
         if (mNativeContentViewCore != 0) {
             nativeSetBackgroundOpaque(mNativeContentViewCore, opaque);
@@ -3470,5 +3476,7 @@ private native void nativeSetTextTrackSettings(long nativeContentViewCoreImpl,
     private native void nativeExtractSmartClipData(long nativeContentViewCoreImpl,
             int x, int y, int w, int h);
 
+    private native void nativeSetBackgroundColor(long nativeContentViewCoreImpl, int color);
+
     private native void nativeSetBackgroundOpaque(long nativeContentViewCoreImpl, boolean opaque);
 }