diff --git a/common/gnome-shell/3.14/gnome-shell.css b/common/gnome-shell/3.14/gnome-shell.css
index 716241f..0c2f014 100644
--- a/common/gnome-shell/3.14/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/common/gnome-shell/3.14/gnome-shell.css
@@ -633,6 +633,9 @@ StScrollBar StButton#vhandle:active {
     caret-color: #ffffff;
     background-color: #5294E2;
 
+    selection-background-color: $selected_fg_color;
+    selected-color: $selected_bg_color;
+
     font-weight: bold;
     transition-duration: 0ms;
 }
diff --git a/common/gnome-shell/3.16/gnome-shell.css b/common/gnome-shell/3.16/gnome-shell.css
index a997e5d..ae0eb61 100644
--- a/common/gnome-shell/3.16/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/common/gnome-shell/3.16/gnome-shell.css
@@ -1049,7 +1049,9 @@ StScrollBar {
   .search-entry:hover, .search-entry:focus {
     color: #ffffff;
     caret-color: #ffffff;
-    background-color: #5294E2; }
+    background-color: #5294E2;
+    selection-background-color: #ffffff;
+    selected-color: #5294E2; }
     .search-entry:hover .search-entry-icon, .search-entry:focus .search-entry-icon {
       color: #ffffff; }
 
diff --git a/common/gnome-shell/3.16/sass/_common.scss b/common/gnome-shell/3.16/sass/_common.scss
index a41b8d8..b192285 100644
--- a/common/gnome-shell/3.16/sass/_common.scss
+++ b/common/gnome-shell/3.16/sass/_common.scss
@@ -1333,6 +1333,9 @@ StScrollBar {
     caret-color: $selected_fg_color;
     background-color: $selected_bg_color;
 
+    selection-background-color: $selected_fg_color;
+    selected-color: $selected_bg_color;
+
     .search-entry-icon { color: $selected_fg_color; }
   }
 }