diff --git a/res/values-xlarge/styles.xml b/res/values-xlarge/styles.xml
index 439d68c..93eaf9a 100644
--- a/res/values-xlarge/styles.xml
+++ b/res/values-xlarge/styles.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         <item name="list_item_presence_icon_margin">5dip</item>
         <item name="list_item_header_text_width">56dip</item>
         <item name="list_item_photo_size">64dip</item>
+        <item name="list_item_prefix_highlight_color">#729a27</item>
     </style>
 
     <style name="ContactPickerTheme" parent="@android:Theme.Dialog">
diff --git a/res/values/styles.xml b/res/values/styles.xml
index 8225055..29b60cb 100644
--- a/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
         <attr name="list_item_presence_icon_margin" format="dimension"/>
         <attr name="list_item_header_text_width" format="dimension"/>
         <attr name="list_item_photo_size" format="dimension"/>
+        <attr name="list_item_prefix_highlight_color" format="color"/>
 
     </declare-styleable>
 
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@
         <item name="list_item_presence_icon_margin">5dip</item>
         <item name="list_item_header_text_width">56dip</item>
         <item name="list_item_photo_size">56dip</item>
+        <item name="list_item_prefix_highlight_color">#729a27</item>
     </style>
 
     <style name="ContactPickerTheme" parent="@android:Theme">
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@
         <item name="list_item_presence_icon_margin">5dip</item>
         <item name="list_item_header_text_width">56dip</item>
         <item name="list_item_photo_size">56dip</item>
+        <item name="list_item_prefix_highlight_color">#729a27</item>
         <item name="list_item_header_chip_width">4dip</item>
         <item name="list_item_header_chip_right_margin">4dip</item>
         <item name="list_item_header_checkbox_margin">5dip</item>