diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e153073c2c..9eff3e39f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-
 ## Unreleased
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Thread used in progress.track will exit if an exception occurs in a generator https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/3402
 - Progress track thread is now a daemon thread https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/3402
 - Fixed cached hash preservation upon clearing meta and links https://github.com/Textualize/rich/issues/2942
+- Fixed overriding the `background_color` of `Syntax` not including padding https://github.com/Textualize/rich/issues/3295
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [13.7.1] - 2024-02-28
 
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Updated the widths of some characters https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/3289
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index b107adc837..0ce5307ab5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ The following people have contributed to the development of Rich:
 - [Aryaz Eghbali](https://github.com/AryazE)
 - [Oleksis Fraga](https://github.com/oleksis)
 - [Andy Gimblett](https://github.com/gimbo)
+- [Tom Gooding](https://github.com/TomJGooding)
 - [Michał Górny](https://github.com/mgorny)
 - [Nok Lam Chan](https://github.com/noklam)
 - [Leron Gray](https://github.com/daddycocoaman)
diff --git a/rich/syntax.py b/rich/syntax.py
index f3ceff758e..4da6c3b7a6 100644
--- a/rich/syntax.py
+++ b/rich/syntax.py
@@ -619,9 +619,7 @@ def __rich_console__(
     ) -> RenderResult:
         segments = Segments(self._get_syntax(console, options))
         if self.padding:
-            yield Padding(
-                segments, style=self._theme.get_background_style(), pad=self.padding
-            )
+            yield Padding(segments, style=self._get_base_style(), pad=self.padding)
         else:
             yield segments
 
diff --git a/tests/test_syntax.py b/tests/test_syntax.py
index 37cc293eb4..bbd4c7a5cb 100644
--- a/tests/test_syntax.py
+++ b/tests/test_syntax.py
@@ -406,6 +406,23 @@ def test_syntax_measure():
     assert code.__rich_measure__(console, console.options) == Measurement(3, 24)
 
 
+def test_background_color_override_includes_padding():
+    """Regression test for https://github.com/Textualize/rich/issues/3295"""
+
+    syntax = Syntax(
+        "x = 1",
+        lexer="python",
+        padding=(1, 3),
+        background_color="red",
+    )
+    result = render(syntax)
+    print(repr(result))
+    assert (
+        result
+        == "\x1b[41m                                                                                                    \x1b[0m\n\x1b[41m   \x1b[0m\x1b[38;2;248;248;242;41mx\x1b[0m\x1b[38;2;248;248;242;41m \x1b[0m\x1b[38;2;255;70;137;41m=\x1b[0m\x1b[38;2;248;248;242;41m \x1b[0m\x1b[38;2;174;129;255;41m1\x1b[0m\x1b[41m                                                                                         \x1b[0m\x1b[41m   \x1b[0m\n\x1b[41m                                                                                                    \x1b[0m\n"
+    )
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     syntax = Panel.fit(
         Syntax(