diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 75864118..bd8a881e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ data/icons/24x24/Makefile
 data/icons/32x32/Makefile
 data/icons/48x48/Makefile
 data/icons/scalable/Makefile
+data/themes/Makefile
 eek/eek-${EEK_API_VERSION}.pc
 eek/eek-clutter-${EEK_API_VERSION}.pc
 eek/eek-gtk-${EEK_API_VERSION}.pc
diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index ff9cd81a..82f73078 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SUBDIRS = icons
\ No newline at end of file
+SUBDIRS = icons themes
diff --git a/data/themes/Makefile.am b/data/themes/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68a0f6fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/themes/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+themedir = $(pkgdatadir)/themes
+dist_theme_DATA = default.css
diff --git a/data/themes/default.css b/data/themes/default.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0f1ce26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/themes/default.css
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.key {
+    color: #ffffff;
+    background-gradient-direction: radial;
+    background-gradient-start: #000000;
+    background-gradient-end: #232323;
+}
+
+.keyboard {
+    background-color: #000000;
+    color: #ffffff;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 6587f25a..5668ff21 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ eekboard_desktop_client_SOURCES = desktop-client.c desktop-client-main.c
 eekboard_server_CFLAGS = \
 	-I$(top_srcdir) \
 	$(GIO2_CFLAGS) \
-	$(GTK_CFLAGS)
+	$(GTK_CFLAGS) \
+	-DTHEMEDIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)/themes\"
 
 eekboard_server_LDADD = \
 	$(top_builddir)/eekboard/libeekboard.la \
diff --git a/src/server-context.c b/src/server-context.c
index f0e49ffe..583ce458 100644
--- a/src/server-context.c
+++ b/src/server-context.c
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ on_realize (GtkWidget *widget,
                               GDK_FUNC_CLOSE);
 }
 
+#define DEFAULT_THEME (THEMEDIR "/default.css")
+
 static void
 update_widget (ServerContext *context)
 {
@@ -199,6 +201,7 @@ update_widget (ServerContext *context)
     gint monitor;
     GdkRectangle rect;
     EekBounds bounds;
+    EekTheme *theme;
 #if HAVE_CLUTTER_GTK
     ClutterActor *stage, *actor;
     ClutterColor stage_color = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff };
@@ -207,11 +210,14 @@ update_widget (ServerContext *context)
     if (context->widget)
         gtk_widget_destroy (context->widget);
 
+    theme = eek_theme_new (DEFAULT_THEME, NULL, NULL);
     eek_element_get_bounds (EEK_ELEMENT(context->keyboard), &bounds);
 #if HAVE_CLUTTER_GTK
     context->widget = gtk_clutter_embed_new ();
     stage = gtk_clutter_embed_get_stage (GTK_CLUTTER_EMBED(context->widget));
     actor = eek_clutter_keyboard_new (context->keyboard);
+    if (theme)
+        eek_clutter_keyboard_set_theme (EEK_CLUTTER_KEYBOARD(actor), theme);
     clutter_container_add_actor (CLUTTER_CONTAINER(stage), actor);
 
     clutter_stage_set_color (CLUTTER_STAGE(stage), &stage_color);
@@ -225,6 +231,8 @@ update_widget (ServerContext *context)
                       actor);
 #else
     context->widget = eek_gtk_keyboard_new (context->keyboard);
+    if (theme)
+        eek_gtk_keyboard_set_theme (EEK_GTK_KEYBOARD(context->widget), theme);
 #endif
     gtk_widget_set_size_request (context->widget, bounds.width, bounds.height);