diff --git a/docs/dunst.pod b/docs/dunst.pod
index 24636ab..a8954ed 100644
--- a/docs/dunst.pod
+++ b/docs/dunst.pod
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ Shell-like globing is supported.
 =item B<modifying>
 
 The following attributes can be overridden: timeout, urgency, foreground,
-background, new_icon, set_transient, format, fullscreen where,
+background, frame_color, new_icon, set_transient, format, fullscreen where,
 as with the filtering attributes, each one corresponds to the respective
 notification attribute to be modified.
 
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ The progress value can be set with a hint, too.
 
 =item notify-send -h string:fgcolor:#ff4444
 
-=item notify-send -h string:bgcolor:#4444ff -h string:fgcolor:#ff4444
+=item notify-send -h string:bgcolor:#4444ff -h string:fgcolor:#ff4444 -h string:frcolor:#44ff44
 
 =item notify-send -h int:value:42 "Working ..."
 
diff --git a/dunstrc b/dunstrc
index 6707411..095cd98 100644
--- a/dunstrc
+++ b/dunstrc
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
 # override settings for certain messages.
 # Messages can be matched by "appname", "summary", "body", "icon", "category",
 # "msg_urgency" and you can override the "timeout", "urgency", "foreground",
-# "background", "new_icon" and "format", "fullscreen".
+# "background", "frame_color", "new_icon" and "format", "fullscreen".
 # Shell-like globbing will get expanded.
 #
 # SCRIPTING
diff --git a/src/dbus.c b/src/dbus.c
index e532813..2685137 100644
--- a/src/dbus.c
+++ b/src/dbus.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static notification *dbus_message_to_notification(const gchar *sender, GVariant
         gboolean transient = 0;
         gchar *fgcolor = NULL;
         gchar *bgcolor = NULL;
+        gchar *frcolor = NULL;
         gchar *category = NULL;
         RawImage *raw_icon = NULL;
 
@@ -203,6 +204,12 @@ static notification *dbus_message_to_notification(const gchar *sender, GVariant
                                                 g_variant_unref(dict_value);
                                         }
 
+                                        dict_value = g_variant_lookup_value(content, "frcolor", G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING);
+                                        if (dict_value) {
+                                                frcolor = g_variant_dup_string(dict_value, NULL);
+                                                g_variant_unref(dict_value);
+                                        }
+
                                         dict_value = g_variant_lookup_value(content, "category", G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING);
                                         if (dict_value) {
                                                 category = g_variant_dup_string(dict_value, NULL);
@@ -289,6 +296,7 @@ static notification *dbus_message_to_notification(const gchar *sender, GVariant
 
         n->colors[ColFG] = fgcolor;
         n->colors[ColBG] = bgcolor;
+        n->colors[ColFrame] = frcolor;
 
         notification_init(n);
         return n;
diff --git a/src/rules.c b/src/rules.c
index 22e5bf3..20d7d5a 100644
--- a/src/rules.c
+++ b/src/rules.c
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ void rule_apply(rule_t *r, notification *n)
                 g_free(n->colors[ColBG]);
                 n->colors[ColBG] = g_strdup(r->bg);
         }
+        if (r->fc) {
+                g_free(n->colors[ColFrame]);
+                n->colors[ColFrame] = g_strdup(r->fc);
+        }
         if (r->format)
                 n->format = r->format;
         if (r->script)
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@ void rule_init(rule_t *r)
         r->set_transient = -1;
         r->fg = NULL;
         r->bg = NULL;
+        r->fc = NULL;
         r->format = NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rules.h b/src/rules.h
index 9bee0a9..0e22eb8 100644
--- a/src/rules.h
+++ b/src/rules.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ typedef struct _rule_t {
         char *new_icon;
         char *fg;
         char *bg;
+        char *fc;
         const char *format;
         const char *script;
         enum behavior_fullscreen fullscreen;
diff --git a/src/settings.c b/src/settings.c
index 75aead6..aa0109d 100644
--- a/src/settings.c
+++ b/src/settings.c
@@ -679,6 +679,7 @@ void load_settings(char *cmdline_config_path)
                 r->msg_urgency = ini_get_urgency(cur_section, "msg_urgency", r->msg_urgency);
                 r->fg = ini_get_string(cur_section, "foreground", r->fg);
                 r->bg = ini_get_string(cur_section, "background", r->bg);
+                r->fc = ini_get_string(cur_section, "frame_color", r->fc);
                 r->format = ini_get_string(cur_section, "format", r->format);
                 r->new_icon = ini_get_string(cur_section, "new_icon", r->new_icon);
                 r->history_ignore = ini_get_bool(cur_section, "history_ignore", r->history_ignore);