diff --git a/MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf/ListViewAssist.cs b/MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf/ListViewAssist.cs
index 090ce0bb5d..f7d2db6d98 100644
--- a/MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf/ListViewAssist.cs
+++ b/MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf/ListViewAssist.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Media;
 
 namespace MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf
 {
@@ -19,5 +20,21 @@ public static Thickness GetListViewItemPadding(DependencyObject element)
         {
             return (Thickness)element.GetValue(ListViewItemPaddingProperty);
         }
+
+        public static readonly DependencyProperty HeaderRowBackgroundProperty = DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached(
+            "HeaderRowBackground",
+            typeof(Brush),
+            typeof(ListViewAssist),
+            new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(default(Brush), FrameworkPropertyMetadataOptions.Inherits));
+
+        public static void SetHeaderRowBackground(DependencyObject element, Brush value)
+        {
+            element.SetValue(HeaderRowBackgroundProperty, value);
+        }
+
+        public static Brush GetHeaderRowBackground(DependencyObject element)
+        {
+            return (Brush)element.GetValue(HeaderRowBackgroundProperty);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf/Themes/MaterialDesignTheme.ListView.xaml b/MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf/Themes/MaterialDesignTheme.ListView.xaml
index fc593113a0..f5b8517ed8 100644
--- a/MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf/Themes/MaterialDesignTheme.ListView.xaml
+++ b/MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf/Themes/MaterialDesignTheme.ListView.xaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                                           VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden"
                                           wpf:ScrollViewerAssist.SyncHorizontalOffset="{Binding HorizontalOffset, Mode=OneWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}">
                                 <Border BorderBrush="{DynamicResource MaterialDesignDivider}" BorderThickness="0,0,0,1">
-                                    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
+                                    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Background="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path=(wpf:ListViewAssist.HeaderRowBackground)}">
                                         <GridViewHeaderRowPresenter x:Name="PART_GridViewHeaderRowPresenter"
                                                                 AllowsColumnReorder="{Binding Path=TemplatedParent.View.AllowsColumnReorder, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
                                                                 ColumnHeaderContainerStyle="{Binding Path=TemplatedParent.View.ColumnHeaderContainerStyle, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
         </Style.Triggers>
     </Style>
 
-    <converters:ListViewGridViewConverter 
+    <converters:ListViewGridViewConverter
         x:Key="MaterialDesignListViewItemContainerStyleConverter"
         DefaultValue="{StaticResource MaterialDesignListBoxItem}"
         ViewValue="{StaticResource MaterialDesignGridViewItem}" />